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Definition of 'oner'English
Noun
( en-noun)
(informal) An extraordinary individual.
A small marble of little worth in children's games.
* 2012 , Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest (page 143)
- The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.
(UK) A conker that has won one match.
* 1993 , (Henry Normal), Nude modelling for the afterlife
- May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours
* 2005 , Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain (page 32)
- The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories
* 2006 , Charles Campion, Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On (page 119)
- Conkers so highly prized that it's a wonder they even manage to hit the ground before being swept away to be pickled or baked and then going on to new careers as 'oners' , 'twoers', and so forth.
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* one of a kind
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