Nonce

[nonce]

The present occasion

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The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

Noun
the present occasion; "for the nonce"

n.
The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

Nonce

Nonce , n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in am, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.] The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

The miller was a stout carl for the nones.

And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce.

Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". Murray (New English Dict. ).

The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

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