oncer (was: gardenia girl)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

> >"Oncer" has been a DARE term since about 1970.  It may have been Fred
> >Cassidy's creation.

The OED has a 1938 citation (from American Speech) for "oncer in precisely
this sense.

Fred Shapiro


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