only-onlyn.
/ˌəʊnlɪˈəʊnli/, U.S. /ˈoʊnliˈoʊnli/ on one's only-only: alone; on one's own.Apparently an isolated use.
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1946 J. B. Priestley Bright Day vi. 199 Left on my only-only today. Wife's had to dash over to Leeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1946- to bring a charge home to
- to bring a hooked fish to gaff
- to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears
- to bring a person above the thumb
- to bring a person adawe
- to bring a person in or to his warison
- to bring a person in or to warison
- to bring a person on or to the stage
- to bring a person to a morsel
- to bring a person to earth
- to bring a person to her milk
- to bring a person to his above
- to bring a person to his milk
- to bring a person to his or her senses
- to bring a person to mischance
- to bring a person to one's bow
- to bring a person to reason
- to bring a person to the earth
- to bring a person to the neck-verse
- to bring a person to the neckverse
- to bring a person to trial
- to bring a person up all standing
- to bring a thing in a proof
- to bring a thing in proof
- to bring a thing in the proof