oncer

oncer
noun /ˈwʌnsə/
a) A one-pound note.

, 1993: 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 element. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

b) a person who does something once.

, 1944: Could he but once see Nature as / In truth she is for ever, / What oncer would not fall in love? — W. H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror (Part 1. Prospero to Ariel) "A commentary on Shakespeares The Tempest"


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