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oncer colloq. (ˈwʌnsə(r)) Also once-er. [f. once adv. + -er1.] 1. One who, or that which, does a particular thing only once; a thing that occurs only once; formerly spec. one who attends church once on a Sunday.1892 Review of Reviews V. 41/2 He [sc. Gladstone] has a poor opinion of those whom he hum...
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Michael Watts (journalist)
This concluded with the Great Corny Joke Contest, offering a cash prize of a "Crisp Oncer" - at £1 "the meanest prize in Fleet Street", and one which became In the 1980s, as the pound coin was replacing the pound note, Watts bought several hundreds of the latter from a bank so that the Crisp Oncer prize could
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Gendang beleq
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Gendang Beleq is a variant of gamelan oncer, a gamelan form in Lombok.
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punter
▪ I. punter1 (ˈpʌntə(r)) [f. punt v.1 + -er1.] 1. A player who ‘punts’ or plays against the bank at certain card-games: see punt v.11706 Phillips (ed. 6), Punter, a Term us'd at the Game of Cards call'd Basset. 1781 G. Selwyn Diary 22 June, I..called in at Brooks's... Hare in the chair: the General ...
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Oxford "-er"
Fiver and tenner (for five and ten pound note respectively) probably do fit the "-er" mould, as, more obviously, does oncer (one pound note), though this
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anchor
▪ I. anchor, n.1 (ˈæŋkə(r)) Forms: 1 ancor, -er, oncer, 1–7 ancre, 2–7 anker, 4–5 -yr, 4– 6 -re, -ir, 6 ancour, anchore, (anger), 7 ankor, ancker, anchour, 6– anchor. [OE. ancor, a. L. ancora (sometimes erron. spelt anchora), ? cogn. w. or adoption of Gr. ἄγκῡρα, f. stem αγκ-, anc-. ‘bend, crook, ho...
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Pip Proud
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Eagle-Wise (compilation, 1996) – Half a Cow (HAC45)
One of These Days (compilation, 1998) – Emperor Jones (EJ21CD)
Oncer
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single
▪ I. single, n. (ˈsɪŋg(ə)l) Also 5 sengle, 6 syngle, Sc. singill. [Substantival use of single a.] 1. a. Falconry. The middle or outer claw on the foot of a hawk or falcon. Now only arch. Chiefly in pl., the middle claws being called the long singles, and the outer the petty singles. In early use the...
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Slang terms for money
A "oncer" referred particularly to a one-pound note, now defunct.
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