| 释义 |
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.
1892Review of Reviews V. 41/2 He [sc. Gladstone] has a poor opinion of those whom he humorously terms ‘once-ers’. 1909Daily Chron. 22 Apr. 4/7 A minister regretted an increasing disposition on the part of the people to become ‘oncers’. 1917Dialect Notes IV. 327 Oncer,..he who (or that which) does a thing but once, esp. a church member who attends service but once on Sunday. 1938Amer. Speech XIII. 35 For an extremely rare word..there may be only one slip, a oncer. 1944Auden For Time Being (1945) 11 Could he but once see Nature as In truth she is for ever, What oncer would not fall in love? 1972B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 143 Oncer, somebody who does it once, and never again with the same person; Mr. fuck 'em and forget 'em. 1973Shooting Times & Country Mag. 7 July 13/3 Eventually a fish did move under an overhanging alder, but it was a ‘oncer’ and I had grave doubts about it rising again.
2. slang. A one pound note.
1931Police Jrnl. IV. 502 They spieled [sc. played] first for stakes of a sprazey [sc. sixpence],..increasing it to half a tosh,..and eventually to a oncer. 1936[see gee v.2 1 c]. 1953K. Tennant Joyful Condemned iii. 27 Sure he took your oncer. But..here's another quid in place of it. 1968L. Deighton Only when I Larf vi. 80 He'd pay in used oncers, no cheques. 1970A. Ross Manchester Thing 122, I got my wallet out and let him look at a pound note... I laid a second oncer on top of the other. 1978M. Kenyon Deep Pocket vii. 82 They gave you an 'undred quid in oncers to see things their way. |