equivoque

Example Sentences

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It was not the first equivoque I had experienced; and this should have rendered me less confident of the evidence of my senses.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

He never declared what he knew, though she could not but guess it; did not betray her to the others; seemed to enjoy the equivoque, content to wait.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

There is an equivoque between trump and triumph.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

The other lost his temper at this equivoque, and threatened him: 'You shall see in a minute what a man can do.'

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

My dear mother's countenance fell, and I could hardly pursue my wicked equivoque any further.

From Satanstoe by Cooper, James Fenimore