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nonce: Details

Extended reference for the word nonce.

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Usage Examples

That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.

I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.

1989 "assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, 'the worst men in the world' [...] on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners." (New Statesman, New Society, Volume 2, Statesman & Nation Publishing Company Limited)

Common Misspellings

No commonly recorded misspellings for this word.