Nonce-SenseTools Cloer, Michèle Vinet. Nonce-Sense. Ottawa, ON: Commoners' Publishing Society, 1975.
Abstract (English)"Nonce: a) for the Nonce: for the particular purpose - expressly - b) in Middle English poetry used as a metrical lag, with no special meaning c) for the occasion; hence for the time being; temporarily 2. At the very nonce... at the very moment. " -- p. [1]
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