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noun Nonce n. The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce, i. e. for the present time. "The miller was a stout carl for the nones." "And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce." Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce".
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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