The phrase "a temp once" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a temporary position or worker, but the phrasing is unclear and lacks context.
Example: "I worked as a temp once during my summer break, which helped me gain valuable experience."
Alternatives: "a temporary worker" or "a temp job".
(Sometimes he listens to the temp once he is done, to see whether he has overlooked any possibilities, but he seldom changes his mind).
Notes: a"Temp" refers to the average seasonal temperature.
Today the Labor Department announced that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits jumped by 35,000 last week, to a seasonally adjusted 445,000, the highest level since late October, as holiday temps once again joined the workforce.
'Ain't Too Proud to Beg', as the Temps once sang.
I understand that the main reason you invited me to a bar on your birthday was so that I could spend as much money on beer as is unemployed-humanly possible and then act as if I know everything about everyone's jobs (don't forget, I was once a temp).
In season six, the afterlife experienced by the characters is shown, in which Rose is the supervisor at a temp agency while Bernard is once again working as a dentist.
EVER since Charles de Gaulle called for the launch of Le Monde, first published in 1944, to replace Le Temps, a once prestigious daily tainted by collaboration with German invaders, the paper has prided itself on its independence.
David Brent is cocky, a fantasist, oblivious, appalling at his job, unaware of the fine unspoken lines of racism and sexism that everyone else knows not to cross, plus he headbutted a temp while trying to do a stepover once.
Mr. Schlesinger once spent four days as a temp transcribing a particularly detailed biotech seminar in Hartford.
Vacationed maybe once a year, at which point a temp bar manager would move in for the duration.
