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[Aus] World (Hobart) 25 Feb. 4/4: Last Sunday a well-known Hobart clergyman rather startled his congregation by announcing that he had a strong predilection for ‘twicers.’ [...] what the preacher so much desired was parishioners who went twice to worship on Sunday, and not once. The ‘oncers’ looked guiltily at each other, and the ‘twicers’ were conspicuous by their absence.
at oncer, n.
[Aus] World (Hobart) 25 Feb. 4/4: Last Sunday a well-known Hobart clergyman rather startled his congregation by announcing that he had a strong predilection for ‘twicers.’ [...] what the preacher so much desired was parishioners who went twice to worship on Sunday, and not once. The ‘oncers’ looked guiltily at each other, and the ‘twicers’ were conspicuous by their absence.
at twicer, n.
[Aus] World (Hobart, Tas) 18 Apr. 5/4: Ungrateful Princess Gets Down On Jewellery [...] Ex-princess Olga Roslovski [...] has been sentenced to eight months’ for stealing money and jewellery from society people who sheltered her.
at get down on, v.2
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