nooning

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By the time the last team was at the nooning place, the head ones were ready to start on.

From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Hambleton, Chalkley J.

Even here the grama grass was not entirely missing, and a nooning of two hours was taken to let the animals crop as much of it as they could find.

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

Bert Chester, waiting before Zinkand’s an hour later, picked her a block away from the nooning crowd.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

Amy proposed the matter the very next day, at "nooning," and secured the members as mentioned by her to Gwendolyn.

From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

Gull, the herring, 211. following the plow, 213. flight, 215. manners, 213. nesting, 216. nooning, 215. penalty for killing, 212. sent to the "Chosen People," 212. value of, 216.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne