(informal, idiomatic) An extraordinary individual.
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.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(games) A small marble of little worth in children's games.
May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours
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(UK) A conker that has won one match.
The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories
“Could George W Bush beat Trump oner 18 holes”
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