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Nonce Nons Noun Present Occasion Nones Phrase Faulty

Front nonce \nons\
Back noun
The present or particular occasion.

[1150–1200; ME nones, in phrase for the nones, by faulty division of for then ones for the once]

"Her tendency to discover a touch of sadness had for the nonce disappeared" - Theodore Dreiser

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