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oner
English
Etymology
one +? -er
Noun
oner (plural oners)
- (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.
- 2012, Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest (page 143)
- (Britain) 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.
- 1993, Henry Normal, Nude modelling for the afterlife
Synonyms
- one of a kind
Anagrams
- Nero, Oren, Orne, Reno, Roen, Rone, orné, reno, reno-
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oyer
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman oyer (“hear”).
Noun
oyer (uncountable)
- (law, archaic) A hearing in a civil case which is based on the content of a document, in which the plaintiff is required to produce the document.
Usage notes
- A defendant who formally asks for oyer is said to crave oyer.
Related terms
- oyer and terminer
Anagrams
- Roye, yero, yore
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin aud?re, present active infinitive of audi?.
Verb
oyer
- to hear
- to listen
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- oyíu
Old French
Verb
oyer
- Alternative form of oïr
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