jeu de mots
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The audience thereupon exclaimed, "Languille crie avant qu'on l'�corche;" and hence the "jeu de mots," and the proverb.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
My first impression, on ascertaining this result, was one of horror at the treasonable "jeu de mots" I had so unwittingly perpetrated.
"Come, come, you little humbug, take off that gigantic sacque, and sit down here; upun my word I won't make any more of those nasty jeu de mots."
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by Vera, [pseud.]
It is simply a jeu de mots, and no more, though funny enough as it stands.
From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by Adams, William Davenport
Now and again he chuckled as some jeu de mots hit the mark and drew a quick gust of laughter from the unseen audience.
From The Head of Kay's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
