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Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: "My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins!" She: "No, sir, I am to be let alone".. A double entendre [note 1] (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that ...
Broonzy, who was one of the most popular pre-World War II blues artists, used elements of hokum in his music. [1] In "Too Many Drivers", he makes use of double entendre [2] and "further extended the 'female as automobile' metaphor so prevalent in blues lyrics" at the time, according to compilation annotator Keith Briggs. [3]
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The phrase "said the actress to the bishop" is a colloquial British exclamation, offering humour by serving as a punch line that exposes an unintended double entendre. An equivalent phrase in North America is "that's what she said". [1] The versatility of such phrases, and their popularity, lead some to consider them clichéd. [2]
In 2014, Salon rated "Big Long Slidin' Thing" as one of the 19 greatest double entendre songs of all time. [5] The record was dedicated to Washington's boyfriend and trombonist, Gus Chappell. However, three months after the song's release, Washington was injured when Chappell struck her in the head with a music stand. [6]
The song's lyrics are a double entendre which refer on their face to the process of churning cream to make butter. However, there is a risque, secondary interpretation that is implied by the lyrics. The following passage is illustrative: Keep on churnin' 'til the butter comes Keep on pumpin' make the butter flow
The riddle is noted for its double entendre, since to many readers the obvious solution to the riddle is 'penis'. It accordingly provides important evidence for attitudes to gender and sexuality in early medieval England. [2]
Doubleface, Double-faced, and similar, may refer to: Double Faced (TV series), a 2015 Philippine televised melodrama; Double Face (film), a 1969 Italian thriller; The Double Face (film), a 1920 German silent film "Doublefaced" (song), a 2016 'In Strict Confidence' song off the album The Hardest Heart