Oner vs Toner - What's the difference?
oner | toner |
(informal) An extraordinary individual.
A small marble of little worth in children's games.
* 2012 , Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest (page 143)
(UK) A conker that has won one match.
* 1993 , (Henry Normal), Nude modelling for the afterlife
* 2005 , Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain (page 32)
* 2006 , Charles Campion, Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On (page 119)
powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper
cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face
As a noun oner
is (informal) an extraordinary individual.As a proper noun toner is
.oner
English
Noun
(en noun)- The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.
- May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours
- The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories
- Conkers so highly prized that it's a wonder they even manage to hit the ground before being swept away to be pickled or baked and then going on to new careers as 'oners' , 'twoers', and so forth.
