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one-shot

[wuhn-shot]
–noun Also, one shot.
1. a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
2. a single appearance by a performer, as in a play, motion picture, or television program.
3. a close-up camera shot of one person.
4. something occurring, done, used, etc., only once.
–adjective
5. occurring, done, etc., only once.
6. achieved or accomplished with a single try: a one-shot solution.

Origin:
1905–10
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one-shot   (wŭn'shŏt')
adj.   Informal
  1. Becoming effective after only one attempt: looked for a one-shot solution to the problem.

  2. Being the only one and unlikely to be repeated: The funding was a one-shot deal.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

one-shot 
1907, "achieved in a single attempt" (original ref. is to golf). Meaning "happening or of use only once" is from 1937.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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