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Definition of Innuendoes
1. innuendo [v] - See also: innuendo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Innuendoes
Literary usage of Innuendoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Law of Defamation and Verbal Injury by Frank Towers Cooper (1894)
"(a) innuendoes of unh-tness; (6) innuendoes of neglect of duty ; (c) innuendoes
of misconduct in office ; (rf) innuendoes of direct injury to business; ..."
2. A Digest of the Law of Libel and Slander: And of Actions on the Case for by William Blake Odgers, James Bromley Eames (1905)
"Payment into Court with an Admission of thc innuendoes. 1. The defendants admit
that they sold and circulated the book called " ," and that such book ..."
3. The Law of Libel and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases: As Administered in by Martin L. Newell (1898)
"Defamatory Matter Must be Justified as Explained by the innuendoes.— When no
defense but the general issue is interposed, the language of a ..."
4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... Friendship between Jefferson and Washington—Jefferson's Good Will for
Harrison—Treated Lee as a Friend—Charles F. Adams's innuendoes—Jefferson's Friends ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"... reiterate the charges made and innuendoes thrown out by the honourable member
for Patea. The Premier reminded him there wae the evidence of Mr. O'Hagan, ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"... with the intended and understood meaning correctly set out in the innuendoes.1 It
may also be shown by a proper averment that words seemingly innocent, ..."
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