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Subtrope to [[Double Meaning]]. Compare/contrast [[Sarcastic Confession]], [[Hidden in Plain Sight]], [[Overt Rendezvous]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', Tenma needed to speak with a former college classmate, so he put an ad in the paper that simply said "Let's discuss our memories of cheating" (on tests).
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** While this means little to locals, it is likely to draw attention from other time travelers, since the atomic bomb hasn't been invented yet.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s novel ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]''. In Vancouver, Friday is reading the personal ads in a newspaper and sees an ad that says "W.K.-Make your will. You have only a week to live. A.C.B." More than a week later she sees another ad in a Vicksburg, Mississippi newspaper that says "W.K.-Make your will. You have only ten days to live. A.C.B." Her traveling companion Georges realizes that the messages are a code - the first message meant "number seven" (1 week = 7 days), while the second message meant "number ten".
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories feature multiple examples. Conan Doyle seemed to like this one.
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