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one noun- an eccentric, amusing or outrageous person UK, 1880
- [W]hen Diane jokes with her, she tells her, “You are a one. I thought I was a one, but you’re a real one.” — The Guardian, 31 December 1999
- a devotee, or an adherent, or a champion, of something UK, 1888
- I’ve never been a one for autographs. — The Observer, 20 April 2003
- a grudge; a score; a blow; a kiss; a drink; an act of sexual intercourse; any non-specified noun UK, 1830
By ellipsis of the specific noun. - [T]he striker owed him one after being sent off at the weekend[.] — The Guardian, 9 April 2003
- a lie; a joke or an anecdote UK, 1813
- [Y]ou must have that kind of money on you for the taxi fare. Or are you planning to walk home?” Dave just gave a derisory laugh. “Walk home,” Dave repeated. “That’s a good one. This guy knows how to have a good time all right--go to a club, have a skinful of beer and then walk home.” — New Statesman, 26 June 2000
- an act of urination TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987
An abbreviation of NUMBER ONE- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ do one for me; have one for me a jocular catchphrase addressed to someone on the way to the lavatory UK, 1984 ▶ in one in bar dice games, to make a hand in one roll of the dice US- — Jester Smith, Games They Play in San Francisco, p. 104, 1971
▶ on one in a state of intoxication as a result of use of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK- He was like some garish Ebeneezer Goode, in your face the whole time, driving everybody on–on one, up for it, mad for it, top one. Heaven knows. He’d be having it large before the night was out. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 198, 1999
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 291, 2003
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