double entente

double entente [doo-blahn tahnt] Examples noun, plural dou·bles en·tentes [doo-bluh zahn-tahnt] /du blə zɑ̃ˈtɑ̃t/. French.

1. a double meaning; ambiguity.

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There is a property in a double-entente, which its parent will not willingly forego.

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850

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