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Feb. 01, 2016
nonce \nons\ noun
1. the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the
phrase for the nonce).
Quotes ...I deemed it best to shelve their problem for the nonce and
turn the mind to the matter of Gussie, which presented a brighter
picture.
-- P. G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves, 1934 Origin Nonce derives from
the Middle English word nones, used in the phrase for the nones, which
was a faulty division of the phrase for then ones meaning "for the
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