onesie-twosie

adverb

Individually or in very small groups, rather than in larger batches.

“Why don't you prepare a whole stack of handouts in advance rather than getting out the supplies each time, onesie-twosie?”

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Meanings

adverb
  1. idiomaticIndividually or in very small groups, rather than in larger batches.

    Why don't you prepare a whole stack of handouts in advance rather than getting out the supplies each time, onesie-twosie?

Origin

Diminutive forms of one and two + -ie.

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Translations

Spanish en unidades, por unidades
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APA

onesie-twosie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie-twosie

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“onesie-twosie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie-twosie. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onesie-twosie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie-twosie.

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