Thanks, Carole, for the detailed answer. I didn't know the source of the expression.
Alice in Oregon -- Getting ready to retrieve one cat from the vet's. The other cat is driving me nuts. --- Carole Lassak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "One-off as an adjective means 'done, occurring, or > made only once', and as > a noun (much less common) 'something that occurs, is > done, or is made only > once'.> > The word stems from the British use of off in > commerce to indicate a > quantity of items produced at one time: To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
