oncern.

Brit.

/ˈwʌnsə/, U.S.

/ˈwənsər/

Forms: 1800s once-er, 1900s– oncer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: once adv., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < once adv. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier twicer n.

1. colloquial.

a. spec. A person who attends church only once on a Sunday. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > attending once on Sunday

oncer1892

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [noun] > thing which occurs only once

oncer1892

one-shot1937

once-off1965

one-shotter1967

1892 Rev. of Reviews 5 41/2 He [sc. Gladstone] has a poor opinion of those whom he humorously terms ‘once-ers’.

1909 Daily Chron. 22 Apr. 4/7 A minister regretted an increasing disposition on the part of the people to become ‘oncers’.

1916 Dial. Notes 4 327 Oncer,..he who (or that which) does a thing but once, esp. a church member who attends service but once on Sunday.

b. gen. A person who does a particular thing only once; a thing that occurs only once.

ΚΠ

1916 Dial. Notes 4 327 Oncer,..he who (or that which) does a thing but once.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male x. 383 This strikingly parallels the promsicuity which is found among those homosexual males who are ‘oncers,’ as the vernacular term puts it.

1988 A. MacRae Awful Childhoods xiv. 150 As a oncer, maybe she could let the dog sleep with the two boys.

2002 Gold Coast Bull. (Nexis) 31 Aug. 60 With the anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, there is a tendency to either fret too much or alternatively to black it out, dismiss it as a oncer.

c. Australian colloquial. A person who has won an election but is considered unlikely to hold office for more than one term.

ΚΠ

1974 P. Blazey & A. Campbell Polit. Dice Men 47 When he got to Canberra, with all the other new Liberal members, he found he was treated with sympathy because everyone regarded him as a ‘oncer’.

1983 Australian 4 Feb. (Sydney ed.) 11/4 Mr Hayden was something more than one of those political irrelevancies, the ‘oncer’—the bolter who wins a seat for one term.

2002 Australian (Nexis) 23 Oct. 13 He'll be a famous oncer, he won't win the seat again.

2. British slang. A one-pound note (now historical); (occasionally) one pound sterling. Cf. oner n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] > one-pound note

poundOE

note1775

pound note1805

one-pounder1811

one1846

jim1906

Bradbury1917

Fisher1922

oncer1931

sheet1937

iron man1938

saucepan lid1951

single1961

1931 Police Jrnl. 4 502 They spieled [sc. played] first for stakes of a sprazey [sc. sixpence],..increasing it to half a tosh,..and eventually to a oncer.

1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf vi. 80 He'd pay in used oncers, no cheques.

1994 Guardian 12 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 30/1 It costs 37 million oncers to run a Formula One racing team for a year.

2002 Express (Nexis) 2 May (Television section) 57 She handled the public's crisp oncers as deftly as a Bermondsey market trader.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oncer
释义	oncern. Brit. /ˈwʌnsə/, U.S. /ˈwənsər/ Forms: 1800s once-er, 1900s– oncer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: once adv., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < once adv. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier twicer n. 1. colloquial. a. spec. A person who attends church only once on a Sunday. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > attending once on Sunday oncer1892 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [noun] > thing which occurs only once oncer1892 one-shot1937 once-off1965 one-shotter1967 1892 Rev. of Reviews 5 41/2 He [sc. Gladstone] has a poor opinion of those whom he humorously terms ‘once-ers’. 1909 Daily Chron. 22 Apr. 4/7 A minister regretted an increasing disposition on the part of the people to become ‘oncers’. 1916 Dial. Notes 4 327 Oncer,..he who (or that which) does a thing but once, esp. a church member who attends service but once on Sunday. b. gen. A person who does a particular thing only once; a thing that occurs only once. ΚΠ 1916 Dial. Notes 4 327 Oncer,..he who (or that which) does a thing but once. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male x. 383 This strikingly parallels the promsicuity which is found among those homosexual males who are ‘oncers,’ as the vernacular term puts it. 1988 A. MacRae Awful Childhoods xiv. 150 As a oncer, maybe she could let the dog sleep with the two boys. 2002 Gold Coast Bull. (Nexis) 31 Aug. 60 With the anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, there is a tendency to either fret too much or alternatively to black it out, dismiss it as a oncer. c. Australian colloquial. A person who has won an election but is considered unlikely to hold office for more than one term. ΚΠ 1974 P. Blazey & A. Campbell Polit. Dice Men 47 When he got to Canberra, with all the other new Liberal members, he found he was treated with sympathy because everyone regarded him as a ‘oncer’. 1983 Australian 4 Feb. (Sydney ed.) 11/4 Mr Hayden was something more than one of those political irrelevancies, the ‘oncer’—the bolter who wins a seat for one term. 2002 Australian (Nexis) 23 Oct. 13 He'll be a famous oncer, he won't win the seat again. 2. British slang. A one-pound note (now historical); (occasionally) one pound sterling. Cf. oner n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] > one-pound note poundOE note1775 pound note1805 one-pounder1811 one1846 jim1906 Bradbury1917 Fisher1922 oncer1931 sheet1937 iron man1938 saucepan lid1951 single1961 1931 Police Jrnl. 4 502 They spieled [sc. played] first for stakes of a sprazey [sc. sixpence],..increasing it to half a tosh,..and eventually to a oncer. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf vi. 80 He'd pay in used oncers, no cheques. 1994 Guardian 12 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 30/1 It costs 37 million oncers to run a Formula One racing team for a year. 2002 Express (Nexis) 2 May (Television section) 57 She handled the public's crisp oncers as deftly as a Bermondsey market trader. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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