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onesie-twosie

onesie-twosie adverb: individually or in very small groups, rather than in larger batches.

Adverb

onesie-twosie

  1. (idiomatic) Individually or in very small groups, rather than in larger batches.
    • Why don't you prepare a whole stack of handouts in advance rather than getting out the supplies each time, onesie-twosie?

Origin of onesie-twosie

Diminutive forms of one and two + -ie.

Questions about onesie-twosie

What does onesie-twosie mean?
Onesie-twosie means individually or in very small groups, rather than in larger batches.
What part of speech is onesie-twosie?
Onesie-twosie is an adverb.

Words near onesie-twosie in the dictionary

  1. oneshotting
  2. Onesicritus
  3. onesided
  4. onesidedness
  5. onesie
  6. onesie-twosie
  7. onesied
  8. onesies
  9. onesome
  10. onesomes
  11. onespot fringehead

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