Usage examples (31)

• For the nonce
• They might best be called nonce usages, intended for a particular occasion with only a remote or vague connection with the original meaning of the word.
• These people are not only in prison, but as convicted child molesters occupy the lowest, most despised niche in prison society - the 'nonce'.
• Hmm, "nonce," "chiaroscuro," and "purlieu" were the only ones I knew -- and I agree with elck that 3 out of 18 definitely equates to duncehood.