A play upon words
Definition of A play upon words
the use of a
word
in such a way as to be
capable
of
double
meaning
;
punning
.
- Bacon.
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A friend at court
A good landfall
A good leg
A grain of allowance
A great gross
A greegree man
A hard case
A kind of
A labor of love
A man of mark
A marked man
A mensa et thoro
A month mind
A murrain on you
A note shaver
A pair of bellows
A per se
A piece of bric-a-brac
A piece of money
A pig in a poke
-A play upon words-
A posteriori
A power
A priori
A respecter of persons
A screw loose
A sheet in the wind
A ship's caliber
A ship's husband
A short cut
a snowball's chance in hell
A son
A speaking acquaintance
A stand of arms
A stick of eels
A straight face
A straight line
A tempo giusto
A true bill
A Visit from St. Nicholas
A wet blanket
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