"once" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was once nicknamed the "marijuana mayor".
- Tampa Bay's history has been so bad that the team was once nicknamed the Yuccaneers.
- Gone, too, are almost all the oyster and crab houses - this in a place once nicknamed "Crabtown."
- The farming of oysters has long been important to Norwalk, which was once nicknamed "Oyster Town."
- He was once nicknamed "The Sanchize" during his rookie season because of his importance to the team.
- The French once nicknamed him Artichoke Head because of his gravity-defying hair.
- He was once nicknamed the Brooklyn Bundler for his ability to round up contributions, one news report said.
- This man, whom we had once nicknamed "the philosopher," was someone on whose integrity I would have staked my life.
- Once nicknamed the White House, the building hadn't been painted in years and was now a sooty gray.
- Neasden was once nicknamed 'the loneliest village in London'.
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