nooning

Example Sentences

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During the "nooning" lunch was eaten in the cutting, and while they were sitting quiet a singular vibration of the earth could be felt.

From Down the Slope by Otis, James

After a long nooning they pushed on until nearly sunset.

From The Pines of Lory by Mitchell, John Ames

With the morning of that day or with its nooning or with its afternooning we need have no concern, replete though they were in variety of entertainment and abounding in pleasurable incident.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

They stopped for the nooning at a farmhouse where they were expected, and where their hostess met them eagerly at the gate.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

But the balancing of the can requires a happy combination of stones about the fire that the brief nooning of a day's tramp seldom affords, and baking is still more uncertain.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge