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oncers

oncers is the plural of oncer.

Meaning of oncer

Noun

oncer (plural oncers)

  1. (historical, informal) A one-pound note.
    • On whatever point Jane’s eyes rested, through whichever line her gaze ran, she saw cheques being signed, credit-card counterfoils being scrawled across, standing orders being arranged, and cash – wholesome dosh, ponies, monkies, oncers, coins of the realm – flowing around like mercury, like some...1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun
  2. (poetic) A person who does something once.
    • Could he but once see Nature as / In truth she is for ever, / What oncer would not fall in love?1944, W. H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare's The Tempest, Part 1. Prospero to Ariel
  3. (informal) A single sexual encounter between two individuals, a one-night stand.
  4. (informal) A person with whom one shares a single sexual encounter, a one-night stand.

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Noun capitalized: Oncers

Oncers

  1. (plural) plural of Oncer

Questions about oncers

What is oncers the plural of?
Oncers is the plural of oncer.
What part of speech is oncers?
Oncers is a noun.

Words near oncers in the dictionary

  1. once-overs
  2. once-removed
  3. onced
  4. onceness
  5. oncer
  6. oncers
  7. onces
  8. oncet
  9. Oncești
  10. onch
  11. Onchan

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