Dictionary: ONE – ONEZ

• ON E
adj. lacking, usually but not invariably money …1990s African-American sl.
 
• ONE
adj. 1. single, unmarried …c1386 obs.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a blow with the fist …M19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a joke on, an act of teasing; a hoax …M19 sl.
n. 3. a derogatory name, a word of abuse …L19 sl.
n. 4. a persuasive if mendacious story, a lie, a ‘line’ …L19 sl.
n. 5. an anecdote, an amusing story, a joke …L19 sl.
n. 6. an eccentric or amusing person …L19 sl.
n. 7. one who stands out in some way, as for impudence, expertise, etc. …L19 sl.
n. 8. the penis …L19 sl.
n. 9. a rebuff …1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 10. an unpleasant look …1900s sl.
n. 11. a punishment, a beating; a bad turn …20C sl.
n. 12. a woman, a female …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 13. a crime …1910s UK criminals’ sl.
n. 14. a bullet; a gunshot …1910s sl.
n. 15. an inhalation of cocaine …1920s US sl.
n. 16. a £1 note; an Australian $1 bill …1930s sl.
n. 17. a male homosexual …1930s sl.
n. 18. a state of drunkenness …1940s sl.
n. 19. an act of sexual intercourse …1940s sl.
n. 20. an excuse …1950s sl. 
n. 21. an unpleasant person …1960s sl.
n. 22. a cannabis cigarette …1960s sl.
n. 23. the vagina …1970s sl.
n. 24. a fool, a dupe …1980s sl.
n. 25. a hangover …1980s sl.
n. 26. a friend …1990s sl.
n. 27. a heroin injection …1990s sl.
n. 28. an adventure, a time, a spree …1990s sl.
vb. to agree, to unite; to come to terms …1340 obs.
phr. goodbye, see you later …2000s US teen sl.
 
• THE ONE
n. cannabis oil, THC …1970s sl.
 
• ONE ALONE
n. a moan …20C Aust. rhyming sl.
 
• ONE-A-MAN
n. a large, round dumpling, using a pound of flour …1950s W. Indies sl.
 
• ONE-AND-A-HALF
n. £150 …1980s sl.
 
• ONE AND A PEPPERMINT DROP
n. a person with only one eye …L19 sl.
 
• ONE AND EIGHT
n. a plate …20C rhyming sl.
 
• ONE AND ELEVENPENCE THREE FARDEN
n. a garden …L19 rhyming sl.
phr. I beg your pardon …1940s rhyming sl.
 
• ONE AND HALF
n. a scarf …20C rhyming sl.
 
• ONE AND NINE
n. a line …1980s rhyming sl.
 
• ONE-AND-ONE
n. a portion of fish and chips …1910s Irish sl.
vb. (as ‘one and one’) to inhale cocaine or heroin …1970s drug culture sl.
 
• ONE AND OTHER
n. a brother …2000s Irish rhyming sl.
 
• ONE-AND-OVER
n. leapfrog …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE AND T’OTHER
n. a brother …1910s rhyming sl.
 
• ONE-AND-TWENTY
n. a person twenty-one years of age …1611-1617
 
• ONE ANOTHER
n. 1. a brother …L19 rhyming sl.
n. 2. a mother …20C rhyming sl.
 
• ONE-ARM
adj. of a shop, police post, etc.: run by one person …1950s US sl.
n. a fast-food café …L19 US sl.
 
• ONE-ARM BANDIT
n. a fruit machine, a coin-operated gaming machine, orig. operated by a single lever …1930s sl., orig. US
 
• ONE-ARMED BANDIT
n. a fruit machine, a coin-operated gaming machine, orig. operated by a single lever …1930s sl., orig. US
 
• ONE ARMED LANDLORD
n. a pump …Bk1905 Eng. dial. cant
 
• ONE-ARMED TROUSER WORM
n. the penis …1980s sl.
 
• ONE-ARM JOINT
n. a cheap restaurant in which customers support their plates on a widened chair-arm …1915 US sl.
 
• ONE-ARM LUNCH
n. a fast-food café …L19 US sl.
 
• ONE-ARM LUNCHROOM
n. a fast-food café …L19 US sl.
 
• ONE-ARM RESTAURANT
n. a fast-food café …L19 US sl.
 
• ON EASY STREET
adj. living a secure, comfortable life …L19 sl.
 
• ONE-AWAY
adv. intimately, on a one-to-one …1990s W. Indies sl.
 
• ONE-BAGGER
n. a very ugly person …1980s US college sl.
 
• ONE BITE
n. a small sour apple that is good for a single bite, after which it gets thrown away …L19 costermongers’ usage
 
• ONE-BRAIN
n. a term of disparagement; a stupid person …1916 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE BRICK SHORT OF A LOAD
adj. unintelligent, slightly insane, eccentric …1960s sl.
 
• ONE BRICK SHY OF A LOAD
adj. unintelligent, slightly insane, eccentric …1960s sl.
 
• ONE BY ONE LIKE JACKY LINGO’S SHEEP
phr. one after another, in single file …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
• ONE-CHEEK SQUEEK
n. an instance of breaking wind …1990s sl.
 
• ONE-DAY CLOTHES
n. one’s best clothes …1969 Amer. dial.
 
• ONEDER
adv. behind …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
 
• ON EDGE
adj. very tense, nervy, anxious …1870 UK sl.
 
• ONE DOG, ONE BULL
n. fair play …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• ONE-DRINK HOUSE
n. a public house where only one drink is allowed in a given period; the customer must then go out and come back before being eligible for another …L19 sl.
 
• ONE-EIGHT-SEVEN
adj. murdered, dead …1990s US sl.
n. 1. a homicide …1940s sl.
n. 2. no possibility, no chance …1996 US sl.
n. 3. targeted for assassination …1990s US prison sl.
n. 4. any form of crisis or drama …1990s sl.
vb. to murder; hence, gang slogan used by the Crips of Los Angeles B187, i.e. ‘we kill Bloods’ …1990s African-American gang sl.
 
• ONE-EIGHTY
n. a complete reversal of plans, thoughts, actions …1950s US sl., orig. military usage
 
• ONE EIGHTYSEVEN
n. a homicide …1940s sl.
vb. to murder; hence, gang slogan used by the Crips of Los Angeles B187, i.e. ‘we kill Bloods’ …1990s African-American gang sl.
 
• ONE-ENDED FURROW
. the vagina …19C sl.
 
• ONE-ER
n. a person or thing of a unique or very remarkable kind; a person preeminently addicted to or expert at something …1840 colloq.
 
• ONE EYE AND A WINKLE
n. a blind person, or a person with one eye …1950s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED
adj. 1. of a person: crooked, dishonest …M19 US sl.
adj. 2. of a place or object: inferior, inadequate, unimportant, useless ….M19 sl., orig. US
adj. 3. inconvenient, out of the way, neglected …1896 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. in poker: used of the king or jack, esp. as wild cards …1960s US sl.
 
• ONE-EYED BOB
n. the penis …1910s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED BOY WITH HIS SHIRTSLEEVES ROLLED UP
n. a circumcised penis …1960s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED BROTHER
n. the penis …1990s African-American sl.
 
• ONE-EYED CYCLOPS
n. the penis …1990s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED GUARDSMAN
n. the penis …1910s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED MABEL
n. the navel …1969 Amer. dial. jocular usage
 
• ONE-EYED MILKMAN
n. the penis …20C Brit. sl.
 
• ONE-EYED MONSTER
n. 1. television …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the penis …1960s US sl.
 
• ONE-EYED PANTS PYTHON
n. the penis …1930s sl., orig. Aust.
 
• ONE-EYED ROCKET
n. the penis …1910s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED SCRIBE
n. 1. a revolver, a pistol …M19 US sl.
n. 2. a monumental liar; an insignificant person …1970s African-American sl.
 
• ONE-EYED STAG
n. the penis …L18 sl.
 
• ONE-EYED SUSAN
n. a fried egg …1950 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-EYED TROUSER MOUSE
. the penis …1930s sl., orig. Aust.
 
• ONE-EYED TROUSER-SNAKE
n. the penis …1930s sl., orig. Aust.
 
• ONE-EYED WONDER WORM
n. the penis …1980s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED WORM
n. the penis …1980s sl.
 
• ONE-EYED ZIPPER FISH
n. the penis …1990s sl.
 
• ONE-EYE TARGET PRACTICE
n. masturbation …1990s sl.
 
• ONE FAT LADY
n. in bingo: the number 8 …1950s sl.
 
• ONE-FIFTY-ONE
n. crack cocaine …1998 US sl.
 
• ONE-FINGERED SALUTE
n. an obscene gesture of contempt …1960s US sl.
 
• ONE-FINGER EXERCISE
n. manual stimulation of the vagina or clitoris …1920s sl.
 
• ONE-FINGER SALUTE
n. an obscene gesture; the ‘finger’ …1960s US sl.
 
• ONEFOLD
adj. simple in character; simple-minded; single-minded; free from duplicity; artless; guileless …1882
 
• ONEFOLDNESS
n. simplicity …1887
 
• ONE-FOOT MEAT
n. an edible fungus …1950s W. Indies sl.
 
• ONE FOR HIS NOB
n. a shilling …20C rhyming sl. for ‘bob’
 
• ONE FOR THE BITUMEN
n. a last drink, before starting a journey or leaving …1950s Aust. sl.
 
• ONE FOR THE BOOK
n. anything noteworthy, remarkable, or incredible; something worthy of long-term record …1920s US sl.
 
• ONE FOR THE DITCH
n. a final drink, acknowledging the perils of drunken driving …1960s US sl.
 
• ONE FOR THE ROAD
n. a last alcoholic drink before beginning a journey; a drink taken before leaving; also extended to a measure of drugs, i.e. cocaine …1943 sl.
 
• ONE-GALLOWS
adj. of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people …1882 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-GALLUS
adj. of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people …1899 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-GALLUSED
adj. 1. of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people …1904 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. wearing only one ‘gallus’ or suspender strap; used of rustics …1909 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-GALLUSED FELLOW
n. a worthless poor man …1892 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-GALLUS PREACHER
n. an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-GODDITE
n. a monotheist (one who believes in one god) …1831 nonce word
 
• ONE GOOD WOMAN
n. the ideal soulmate, considerate, sympathetic, and probably sexy too …1970s African-American sl.
 
• ONE-HANDED
adj. of literature, a magazine, etc.: pornographic …20C Aust. sl.
 
• ONE-HAND MAGAZINE
n. a pornographic magazine, used as an aid to masturbation …1960s sl.
 
• ONEHEAD
n. 1. the condition of being one; oneness; unity …a1300 obs.
n. 2. the condition of being united to gathered in one; union …a1340 obs.
n. 3. oneness or unity of spirit, mind, or feeling; agreement, accord, concord …1340 obs.
n. 4. the condition of being alone; solitude …1340 obs.
 
• ONE-HIT BOWL
n. a marijuana pipe that contains just enough for a single inhalation …1970s drug culture sl.
 
• ONE-HITTER
n. a marijuana pipe that contains just enough for a single inhalation …1970s drug culture sl.
 
• ONE-HOLED FLUTE
n. the male member …18C sl.
 
• ONE-HOLER
n. a single outside lavatory or privy …20C sl.
 
• ONEHOOD
n. the condition of being one; oneness; unity …a1225 obs.
 
• ONE-HORSE
adj. small and insignificant; unimportant; second-rate, inferior …1853 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-HORSE LAWYER
n. an uncomplimentary name for a lawyer …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-HORSE PREACHER
n. an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-HORSE TOWN
n. a small or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• ONEHOW
adv. in one way, as opposed to another; somehow …1719 rare
 
• ONE HUNDRED SMACKERS
n. a prison sentence of 100 years …1990s US prison sl.
 
• ONE IN TEN
n. a parson …L17 sl.
 
• ONE IN THE BUSH IS BETTER THAN TWO IN THE HAND
phr. one instance of proper intercourse is always better than any amount of masturbation …1920s Aust. sl.
 
• ONE IN THE BUSH IS WORTH TWO IN THE HAND
phr. an act of copulation is worth two acts of masturbation …20C Aust. sl.
 
• ONE IN THE DARK
n. a cup of black coffee …1900s US sl.
 
• ONE IN THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE
n. an urgent desire to defecate …2000s sl.
 
• ONE IN THE EYE
n. a sharp response, an unpleasant experience, an insult …L19 sl.
 
• ONE IN THE LIGHT
n. a white coffee, a coffee with cream …1900s US sl.
 
• ONEIRIC
adj. belonging to dreams …1859 rare
 
• ONEIROCRISY
n. the art of interpreting dreams …1653 obs.
 
• ONEIROCRIT
n. a judge or interpreter of dreams …a1693 rare
 
• ONEIROCRITE
n. a judge or interpreter of dreams …a1693 rare
 
• ONEIROCRITIC
adj. pert. to, practising, or expert in the interpretation of dreams  …1775 rare
n. a judge or interpreter of dreams …a1652
 
• ONEIROCRITICAL
adj. pert. to, practising, or expert in the interpretation of dreams  …1588
 
• ONEIROCRITICALLY
adv. in relation to the interpretation of dreams …1816
 
• ONEIROCRITICISM
n. the art of interpreting dreams …1614
 
• ONEIROCRITICS
n. the art of interpreting dreams …1614
 
• ONEIROLOGIST
n. one versed in the subject of dreams …1834
 
• ONEIROLOGY
n. the science or subject of dreams, or of their interpretation …1818
 
• ONEIROMANCER
n. one who divines by dreams …1653
 
• ONEIROMANCY
n. divination by dreams …1652
 
• ONEIROMANTIST
n. one who divines by dreams …1653
 
• ONEIROPOLIST
n. an interpreter of dreams …1652 obs.
 
• ONEIROPOMPIST
n. a sender of dreams …1652 obs.
 
• ONEIROSCOPIST
n. one versed in the interpretation of dreams …1727
 
• ONEIROSCOPY
n. examination or interpretation of dreams …1727
 
• ONE-LEGGED RACE
n. masturbation …1970s sl.
 
• ONE-LEG TROUSER
n. a style of skirt, tight and straight, popular in the 1890s …L19 sl.
 
• ONELIN
n. an only child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• ONE LOVE
phr. a parting phrase, an expression of unity …1950s sl., orig. W. Indies Rasta usage
 
• ONE-LUNGER
n. 1. a consumptive, a wasting disease; one having a wasting disease …1930s US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. any small or inferior set-up or device …1940s US sl.
n. 3. an eccentric …2000s US sl.
n. 4. a single-cylinder vehicle, usually a motorcycle …20C US sl.
 
• ONE-LUNG TOWN
n. a small town …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• ONELY
adj. lonely, solitary …1864 Eng. dial.
adv. alone, singly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• ONELY-SIDED
adj. doubtful, peculiar …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• ONE-MAN BAND
n. one who takes all responsibilities on him or herself, sometimes with slightly pejorative undertones, i.e. they are not really capable of being successful …1930s sl.
 
• ONE-MAN MATCH
n. a safety match; it strikes on its own box …1950 Amer. dial.
 
• ONEMENT
n. 1. physical union, conjunction …1388 obs.
n. 2. union of mind or feeling; agreement, accord, concord; reconciliation …a1450 obs.
 
• ONE MORE
adj. being a remarkable or outstanding example of a person or thing …1913 Amer. dial.
 
• ONEMOST
adj. applied to God: absolutely the only one …1597 obs.
 
• ON END
adj. impatient …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
(adverbs as ‘on-end’)
adv. 1. immediately, forthwith; without stop or intermission, perpetually, in succession …1888 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. straightforward, direct, onwards …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• ONENE
adv. at once …c1450 obs.
 
• ONENER
n. a heavy blow …1861 sl.
 
• ONE NICK
n. a male child …c1860 printers’ sl.
 
• ONE-NIGHTER
n. 1. of a musician, band or show: a single performance in one place only …1910s US sl.
n. 2. an affair or sexual relationship of one night’s duration; the person with whom this occurs …1940s US sl.
 
• ONE-NIGHT STAND
n. 1. a small rural town …L19 US sl.
n. 2. a night with a prostitute …c1930 sl.
n. 3. a brief sexual liaison or affair; hence, a person with whom one has such a relationship …1963 sl.
 
• ONE NITCH
n. a male child …c1860 printers’ sl.
 
• ONE O’ CLOCK
n. the downy seed of the dandelion …1882 Eng. & Amer. dial.
phr. a catchphrase signalling a male that his trousers are unzipped or unbuttoned …20C US colloq.
 
• ONE O’CLOCK AT THE BUTTON FACTORY
phr. said to warn a man that his trouser-fly is open …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-O’CLOCK AT THE WATERWORKS
phr. a catchphrase signalling a male that his trousers are unzipped or unbuttoned …20C Aust. sl.
 
• ONE OF ‘EM
n. a remarkable or admirable person …M19 sl.
 
• ONE OFF THE WRIST
n. the act of masturbation …1960s sl.
 
• ONE OF KING JOHN’S MEN
n. a small person …L18 sl.
 
• ONE OF KING JOHN’S MEN, EIGHT SCORE TO THE HUNDRED
n. a small person …L18 sl.
 
• ONE OF MY COUSINS
n. a harlot, a prostitute …L17 colloq.
 
• ONE OF PHARAOH’S LEAN KINE
n. a very thin person, looking as if ‘he’d run away from the bone-house’ …L16 sl.
 
• ONE OF THE BEST
n. a good fellow; a good companion …c1920 society usage
 
• ONE OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
n. a mulatto …L18 sl.
 
• ONE OF THE BOYS
n. an effeminate male …20C US colloq.
 
• ONE OF THE BROWN FAMILY
n. a catamite …M20 US sl.
 
• ONE OF THE CHAPS
n. a member of one’s own gang or group …1950s UK criminals’ sl.
 
• ONE OF THE FAITHFUL
n. 1. a drunkard; a man always seen at the same tavern or bar …E17 sl.
n. 2. a tailor giving long credit …18C sl.
 
• ONE OF THE LADS
n. woman, esp. a young woman, who is seen to be on equal terms with, or part of a society of, men …2003 UK sl.
 
• ONE OF THE LIVERY
n. a cuckold …L17 sl.
 
• ONE OF THEM
n. 1. a prostitute …19C sl.
n. 2. a shilling …L19 sl.
n. 3. a homosexual …1933 euphemism
 
• ONE OF THESE ODD-COME-SHORTLYS
phr. one of these days; sooner or later …M18 sl.
 
• ONE OF THESE ODD-COME-SHORTS
phr. one of these days …1883 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE OF THOSE
n. a homosexual …1933 euphemism
 
• ONE OF US
n. a homosexual …1961 euphemism
 
• ONE OLD CAT
n. tic-tac-toe …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• ONE-ONE
adj. normal; as usual …1950 Amer. dial., African-American usage
 
• ONE ON THE CITY
n. a glass of water …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• ONE ON THE PUSS
n. 1942 – a blow in the face → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• ONE-OVER-EIGHT
adj. 20C – intoxicated with alcohol → sl.
 
• ONE-PIECE OVERCOAT
n. M20 – a condom → Brit. sl.
 
• ONE-PIPPER
n. 1937 – a second lieutenant → Brit. services’ sl.
 
• ONE-PUB
adj. M19 – insignificant, petty → sl., orig. US
 
• ONER
n. 1. 1840 – a person or thing of a unique or very remarkable kind; a person preeminently addicted to or expert at something; an outstanding or excellent person or thing → colloq.
n. 2. 1885 – a heavy blow; the result of such a blow → sl.
n. 3. 1889 – one pound; also one hundred pounds → Brit. sl.
n. 4. 1903 – 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1545 – to burden → obs.
 
• ONERABLE
adj. 1432 – burdensome; oppressive, troublesome → obs.
 
• ONERARIOUS
adj. 1548 – onerous, burdensome, troublesome → obs.
 
• ONERARY
adj. 1658 – fitted for the carriage of burdens
n. 1728 – a ship of burden, transport
 
• ONERATE
vb. 1535 – to load, to burden, to oppress → obs.
 
• ONERATION
n. 1651 – the act of loading or burdening; loading or filling the stomach, taking of food → obs.
 
• ONERLY
adj. 1905 – lonely, retired → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• ONEROSE
adj. 1450 – burdensome; oppressive, troublesome → obs.
 
• ONEROSITY
n. 1874 – the quality of being burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome
 
• ONEROUS
adj. 1. 1400 – burdensome; oppressive; troublesome → obs.
adj. 2. 1787 – the opposite of gratuitous, sufficiently advantageous, paying → Sc. obs.
 
• ONERY-HOUSE
n. 20C – a brothel → US colloq.
 
• ONES
n. 1885 – people → Eng. dial.
 
• ONE’S ARSE
n. 1698 – oneself → sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS
n. 1698 – oneself → sl., chiefly US
 
• ONE’S ASSHOLE SUCKS WIND
phr. 1967 – one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS IS CREAM CHEESE
phr. 1976 – one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.’  one is ‘history’ → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS IS DRAGGING
phr. 1945 – one is fatigued, dejected, or beaten → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS IS GRASS
phr. 1955 – one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.’  one is ‘history’ → Amer. sl., esp. military usage
 
• ONE’S ASS IS IN THE WIND
phr. 1964 – one is exposed to difficulty or danger → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS IS MUD
phr. 1961 – one is in danger; ‘one’s name is mud’ → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS SUCKS BUTTERMILK
phr. 1954 – one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS SUCKS STRAIGHT WIND
phr. 1961 – one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S ASS SUCKS WIND
phr. 1920 – one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively → Amer. sl.
 
• ONE’S BACK IS AT THE WALL
phr. 1825 – one is in a state of trouble or financial embarrassment; one is in exile or in hiding → Sc.
 
• ONE’S BACK TEETH ARE FLOATING
phr. 1. 1888 – one has imbibed to excess → Amer. dial.
phr. 2. 1923 – one’s bladder is very full → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S BACK TEETH UNDER WATER
phr. 1914 – one’s bladder is very full → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S BIGGERS’
n. 1901 – one’s betters → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S BORN DAYS
n. 1742 – one’s lifetime → colloq.
 
• ONE’S BREAD IS NOT DONE
phr. 1940 – used to indicate that a person is mentally dull or feeble-minded → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S BREAD ALWAYS FALLS BUTTERED SIDE UP
phr. 1827 – used to suggest that the person in question has consistently good luck 
 
• ONE’S CABLE HAS PARTED
phr. 1887 – one dies → nautical colloq.
 
• ONE’S CAKE IS DOUGH
phr. 1564 – one’s aim, hope, or expectation has failed or been thwarted; on is in a hopeless situation, ruined or done for
 
• ONE’S COMB IS GETTING RED
phr. 1965 – one is eager to get married → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S DISH
n. 1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• ONE’S FINGERS ARE ALL THUMBS
phr. 1838 – clumsy, awkward → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S FLAG IS OUT
phr. 19C – one is intoxicated with alcohol → Brit. sl.
 
• ONE’S GOOSE IS COOKED
adj. 1942 – dead → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
phr. 1913 – one’s chances are at an end → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• ONE’S HASH IS SETTLED
adj. 1942 – dead → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• ONESHIP
n. 1630 – the condition of being one or alone; oneness → obs.
 
• ONE-SHOT
n. 20C – a woman who agrees to a one-night stand → US sl.
 
• ONE-SIDED
adj. 1883 – askew, awry → Amer. dial.
adv. 1883 – diagonally, crookedly → Amer. dial.
 
• ONESIE
n. 1983 – a one-piece garment combining a top with trousers, worn as leisurewear
 
• ONE’S JAW TEETH’S A-FLOATING
phr. 1967 – one’s bladder is very full → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S LEVEL BEST
phr. 1873 – one’s very best; the utmost one can possibly do → colloq., orig. US
 
• ONE’S MEAL IS DOUGH
phr. 1721 – one’s aim, hope, or expectation has failed or been thwarted; on is in a hopeless situation, ruined or done for → Sc. obs.
 
• ONE’S NATURAL LIFE
n. 1942 – a lifetime → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

• ONE’S NECK IS YEWKING
phr. 1816 – one is in danger of the gallows → Sc.
 
• ONE’S NECK IS YEWKING FOR A ST. JOHNSTON RIBBON
phr. 1737 – one is in danger of the gallows → Sc.
 
• ONE’S NOSE IS GETTING HARD
phr. 1931 – one is getting angry → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE’S NUMBER IS UP
phr. 1. 1899 – one is doomed to die → sl.
phr. 2. ..20C – one is in serious trouble → sl.
 
• ONE’S OLD DONAH
n. 1893 – one’s mother → tramps’ sl.
 
• ONE’S OWN PADDOCK
n. 1988 – one’s own neighbourhood → NZ sl.
 
• ONESPRUTE
n. 1300 – inspiration → obs.
 
• ONE’S RACE IS RUN
adj. 1942 – dead → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• ONE’S TONGUE GOES LIKE A WAG-SAW
phr. 1905 – one is a chatterbox → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
• ONE-STRIPER
n. 1917 – in the army a lance-corporal; an ensign in the navy → sl.
 
• ONE’S WEAKNESS
n. 1942 – a loved one; a sweetheart → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• ONETIME
adv. 1. 1922 – simultaneously, at the same time → Amer. dial.
adv. 2. 1967 – all at once, as a single action → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE TO HISSEL
n. 1884 – an unsociable, reserved person → Eng. dial.
 
• ONE-TRICK PONY
n. 20C – a person considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc. → colloq., chiefly US
 
• ONE-TWO
adj. 1969 – of equal ability; on par with → Amer. dial.
n. 1942 – a hasty departure; quick dispatch → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE UP AGAINST YOUR DUCKHOUSE
phr. 1933 – something to your detriment; one against you → Aust. sl.
 
• ONE-WAY POCKETS
n. 1926 – meanness → jocular usage
 
• ONE-WAY STREET
n. M20 – a heterosexual person who will not participate in homosexual activities → US sl.
 
• ONEWHERE
adv. 1558 – in one place, as opposed to another; in one place only → poetic usage
 
• ONE-WHILE
adv. 1906 – once, formerly → Amer. dial.
 
• ONE WITH T’OTHER
n. 17C – copulation → Brit. sl.
 
• ONEY-ONEY
adv. 1908 – one at a time → Amer. dial.