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See: FOR THE TIME BEING also FOR THE NONCE.

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nonce

[nonce] {n.} Sex offender, most commonly a child molester. (Prison slang) British slang (Wikipedia)

for the nonce

[for the nonce] See: [FOR THE TIME BEING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

for the time being

[for the time being] also {literary} [for the nonce] {adv. phr.} For now; for a while; temporarily. * /I haven't any note paper, but this envelope will do for the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[time] See: [ABOUT TIME], [AGAINST TIME], [AT A TIME], [AT ONE TIME], [AT THE SAME TIME], [AT TIMES], [BEHIND THE TIMES], [BEHIND TIME], [BIDE ONE'S TIME], [BIG TIME], [EVERY TIME […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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