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owney-oh joc.|ˈəʊnɪəʊ|
Also owneo, ownio, ownie-o, owny-oh.
[f. a popular song (1907) Antonio & his Ice-Cream Cart.]
Phr. on one's owney-oh, on one's own; alone. (Cf. own a. 3 c.)
1922Joyce Ulysses 96 He's as bad as old Antonio. He left me on my ownio. 1956A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Att. i. iv. 117 As I see it, when you haven't anything more to give a person, well, then you're on your ownio. 1963‘A. Gilbert’ Ring for Noose xi. 132 ‘On your owney-oh?’ she said. 1967J. Symons Man who killed Himself i. vi. 54 Soon I shall be able to go shopping without worrying, all on my owneo. 1969F. Sargeson Joy of Worm iii. 75 For that matter how in Hades have I managed with the job? Solo. All on my ownie-o. 1976‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth xi. 200 She was crying and moaning in the wind, sir, up there on her owny-oh with nobody giving a blue damn about her. |