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noun
- (historic) a one-pound note
- 1993: On whatever point Jane"s eyes rested, through whichever line her gaze ran, she saw cheques being signed, credit-card counterfoils being scrawled across, standing orders being arranged, and cash " wholesome dosh, ponies, monkies, oncers, coins of the realm " flowing around like mercury, like some element. " Will Self, My Idea of Fun
- (poetic) a person who does something once
- 1944: Could he but once see Nature as / In truth she is for ever, / What would not fall in love? " W. H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror (Part 1. Prospero to Ariel) "A commentary on Shakespeare's The Tempest"
Etymology: From once.
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