Meaning of one time | Babel Free

Definitions

Used to introduce a narrative concerning a past event

informal, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Her eyes would suddenly become⟳ fixed on the other side of the room, and for a moment or two she would seem bewildered and absent. One time I was watching her in this state, when her husband took me by the arm and said, 'Come⟳ away, Tom.'”

“One time we cotch four hunderd and fifty thousand at one haul.”

“One time I untied the boat as we were leaving, started to yell⟳ Lines off, deckhand on […].”

“One time he hadn't held onto himself—the time he worked for the Sedona cattle people up on Oak Creek—and it was the reason⟳ he was here.”

“So, one time, he didn't come⟳ back, and didn't come⟳ back, and his dinner got cold. When he did come⟳ back eventually, he brought a tray of cakes for our girls. Know⟳ what I did?” / I shook my head. / “I took the tray from him and threw it all over the garden for the goats and chickens. I was so mad.”

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