"one time" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "1843, George Payne Rainsford James, The Commissioner: Or, De Lunatico Inquirendo, page 186",
          "text": "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.'",
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        {
          "ref": "1855, John Lewis, New Hope: Or, The Rescue. A Tale of the Great Kanawha, page 167",
          "text": "One time we cotch four hunderd and fifty thousand at one haul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Benjamin Drevlow, Bend with the Knees: And Other Love Advice from My Father, page 14",
          "text": "One time I untied the boat as we were leaving, started to yell Lines off, deckhand on […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Elmore Leonard, Forty Lashes Less One, page 24",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Christine Trueman, See You Again, One Time in Saint Helena",
          "text": "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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        "Used to introduce a narrative concerning a past event"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Used to introduce a narrative concerning a past event"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "at one time"
        },
        {
          "word": "once"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "once"
        }
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        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "one time"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "at one time"
    },
    {
      "word": "once"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1843, George Payne Rainsford James, The Commissioner: Or, De Lunatico Inquirendo, page 186",
          "text": "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.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1855, John Lewis, New Hope: Or, The Rescue. A Tale of the Great Kanawha, page 167",
          "text": "One time we cotch four hunderd and fifty thousand at one haul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Benjamin Drevlow, Bend with the Knees: And Other Love Advice from My Father, page 14",
          "text": "One time I untied the boat as we were leaving, started to yell Lines off, deckhand on […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Elmore Leonard, Forty Lashes Less One, page 24",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Christine Trueman, See You Again, One Time in Saint Helena",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce a narrative concerning a past event"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Used to introduce a narrative concerning a past event"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "once"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
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  "word": "one time"
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