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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Nonce n.  The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce, i. e. for the present time.
    The miller was a stout carl for the nones.   --Chaucer.
 And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him
 A chalice for the nonce.   --Shak.
 Nonce word, “a word apparently employed only for the nonce.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nonce word
      n : a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
          [syn: hapax legomenon]