For the nonce. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
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. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 3] Reference
These people are not only in prison, but as convicted child molesters occupy the lowest, most despised niche in prison society - the 'nonce'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-02-01] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: BEAT THE JUDGE.] Reference
He is playing truant for the nonce, which is dangerous play at best. ". From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
He says no worries: Most new words are made up "nonce" words and won't stick around. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
The "nonce" can be the existing session identifier information that is appended to every request. From Wordnik.com. [McAfee Security Insights Blog] Reference
Nacherally, I abandons them marital intentions for what you-all might call the "nonce" to sort o 'look over my hand ag'in an' see be I right. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfville Nights] Reference
One effective and unobtrusive way of preventing XSRF attacks is to introduce a "nonce," or one-time token, into each form that changes some external state. From Wordnik.com. [McAfee Security Insights Blog] Reference
(see Aesop's fable) and moral philosophers, actually deprived them, for the "nonce" of reason, and tempted them to their ruin. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete] Reference
For the nonce, they are the greatest men in England. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Our soldiers in this case for the nonce became missionaries. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
Certainly he took my horse, and I took his; but it was only for the nonce. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
Had they quitted for the nonce their usual work of snapping up cargo ships?. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
For the nonce, however, three weeks would pass, and with them all our woes. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
After this fearful slaughter both parties were for the nonce more cautious. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
Evidently thinking of the phrase, "for the nonce," -- meaning, for the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference
To me at this crisis of my fate, he appeared for the nonce an angel in human form. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
"But there's bound to be," said his friend, a regular "Job's comforter" for the nonce. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
She spoke warmly and with flashing eyes that held Mrs. Scattergood silent for the nonce. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
But then for the nonce she was regarding the matter from a strictly personal point of view. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
They were placed for the nonce in the cells which had been inhabited by the Jesuit fathers. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
Marty, too, feeling for the nonce both lonely and homesick, was in the crowd on the long platform. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
Borromée par Prosper de Sainte-Croix, nonce du pape Pie IV. auprès de Catherine de Medicis, 1561-1565. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
At the same time that unknown quantity, Cortinas, suspended his free-booting for the nonce, and stoutly harassing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The town, its thoroughfares and houses were left alone for the nonce, while the guns were trained on the redoubts. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
But the strangest thing of all was that the Boy, for the nonce, was not thinking of -- nor listening for -- the voice!. From Wordnik.com. [One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'] Reference
No more, for the nonce at least, should that new Lycidas -- the cosmical gridiron -- flame in the forehead of the evening sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
The Englishmen had been rechristened with Spanish names for the nonce, and they wisely left the talking to their Spanish companions. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
But Lai Ta's son had all along been on such friendly terms with him, that he consequently invited him for the nonce to help him do the honours. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The gilds, too, evinced a readiness to be very lenient in their scrutiny of candidates for admission to their cherished privileges, preferring, for the nonce, numbers to quality. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
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