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oners

oners is the plural of oner.

Meaning of oner

Noun

oner (plural oners)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) An extraordinary individual or thing.
    Synonyms:
    one of a kind
  2. A small marble of little worth in children's games.
    • The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.2012, Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest, page 143
  3. (UK) A conker that has won one match.
    • May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours1993, Henry Normal, Nude modelling for the afterlife
  4. Synonym of long take; a long one-take shot, or an equivalent animated segment simulating a one-take shot.

Questions about oners

What is oners the plural of?
Oners is the plural of oner.

Words near oners in the dictionary

  1. onerosity
  2. onerous
  3. onerously
  4. onerousness
  5. onerousnesses
  6. oners
  7. onery
  8. ones
  9. ones and twos
  10. ones and zeroes
  11. ones and zeros

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