Read full poem →Your speeches seemed to answer for the nonce--
They do not justify your head in bronze!
Dictionary Entry
The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
In a Sentence
“That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “nonce”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →He knows not to vary, saith Saint Paul,
Nor the shadow of turning, for the nonce.
See him no other than as he is!
Read full poem →When gifts fell thick as rain:
But they give us nought, for the nonce,
And now should we give again?"