OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 40669

play on words

Meanings (ES + gloss)
juego de palabras
A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
1897, Jas. W. Tupper, English Drama: Das Wortspiel bei Shakspere, von Leopold Wurth, A. Marshall Elliott (managing editor), Modern Language Notes, Volume XII, page 171, There are t…
19. The original play on words here is between furlani (decree) and hurlani (date).
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