nooning

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Every man sits down to supper at six, during the summer months, and they have two hours' nooning.

From A California Girl by Eldridge, Edward

Is this more pleasant to you than the whirr Of meadow-lark, and its sweet roundelay, Or twitter of little field-fares, as you take Your nooning in the shade of bush and brake?

From Tales of a Wayside Inn by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

They took their nooning, with Sirius now over Mynedd Mawr, and Orion soaring like a kite.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

Nevertheless, the lad got up, tried the dibble with his left hand, and saying, “Thanks, Charlie,” dropped down upon the fragrant sod and was speedily asleep, for a generous nooning was allowed the industrious lads.

From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by Rogers, W. A. (William Allen)

The next day saw them nooning at the last named creek, and before nightfall they had crossed Big Coon Creek.

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.