Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
oner .
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Examples
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"The desp'rit cove as gie me the one-er!" added the ostler.
Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915
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'Great Gosh!' murmured Peterson; 'ain't he a one-er?
The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898
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(Do we think he’s ever done this before?) “It was shot as a reality show, our POV was our cameras, every take that we did was a ‘one-er’, one fluid take, nine cameras running at all times, so it was a live set –”
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The title has one-er, two - possible debits going in - James Taylor and Dennis Wilson in the cast (musicians as actors?
John Farr: What Dad Really Wants for Christmas: The 10 Best High-Speed Car Movies by Farr 2008
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a one-er, you know, and it's my belief you always will be. '
Philistia Grant Allen 1873
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You should just see Dick, Mrs. Wilson, he is a one-er, he is. "
J. Cole Emma Gellibrand
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By jingo, this affair _is_ a one-er an 'no mistake! "
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Louis Tracy 1895
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