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  • Now then, after this introit of exordium, my galaxy girls, quiproquo of directions to henservants I was asking his advice on the strict T.T. from

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • I do find the whole quiproquo terribly amusing and cute.

    singing in the rain 2006

  • Le quiproquo d'un journaliste américain l'amusa fort.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • The French language, indeed, is the only one which has a word -- _quiproquo_ -- to indicate the class of misunderstanding which, from _Lady Inger_ down to the _League of Youth_, Ibsen employed without scruple.

    The Feast at Solhoug Henrik Ibsen 1867

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