equivoque

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The equivoque is in the use of the word 'dollar.'

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

She abhorred the "equivoque" of her life, but could not overcome it.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

It almost always turns upon false relations and equivoque, whence jokers by profession usually possess minds as incorrect as they are superficial.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

There is an equivoque between trump and triumph.

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

It is easy to see how the Elizabethan tendency to word-quibble and equivoque would help to give currency to the Latin form.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton