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Definition of Innuendos
1. innuendo [v] - See also: innuendo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Innuendos
Literary usage of Innuendos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George the by Anne Hamilton (1901)
"... Intended — A Determined Rejoinder — Resentful Disposition of the Queen — A
Letter to the Prince — Wifely Rebellion — Base innuendos — Mr. C. Johnstone's ..."
2. Standard Encyclopædia of Procedure by Edward William Tuttle, Edward E. Burns, James De Witt Andrews, Edgar Whittlesey Camp (1914)
"... defamatory and libelous words and matter following of and concerning the said А.
В., that is to say (here state the libelous matter with innuendos, ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"And, gentlemen, with respect to the innuendos, it is to be observed, that there
was a famous cause in king Charles the second's lime. In the 14th May, 1669, ..."
4. Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder by Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1849)
"ON innuendos. PAPER I. (No. 567). I HAVE received private advice from some of my
correspondents, that if I would give my paper a general run, I should take ..."
5. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1814)
"That I ¡rings the case to the question of publication ; fur tlie innuendos are
no more than this : the ' indictment says, that by the letter G. is meant ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1834)
"PARKE, J.—Without saying whether or not Mr. Wight- man is right in introducing
any of the innuendos because of the admission, it appears to me quite clear ..."
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