Local lore has it that the train was taking the treasure -- most of it gold jewelry and fixtures seized from Eastern European Jews and melted into ingots -- to German territory farther west to prevent its falling into the hands of the Soviet troops who would overrun the area within weeks.
Double-hatting . This is a relatively new piece of Eurospeak used to describe a person or institution which performs two roles. The EUâs recently created army units will, for example, serve both NATO and the Union under a double command structure.
A double entendre is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risquÃ©. Also called innuendo. The phrase double entendre (from the French, now obsolete, for double meaning) is sometimes hyphenated and sometimes italicized. See Examples and Observations below.