nooning

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They were nooning at the time and somehow or other the usual question of revolver-handling had come up.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

Next day, while nooning several miles out from Casper, we heard the whistle of a locomotive.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

Once a day at least it seemed to tire from its ceaseless flow and to take a nooning spell.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

Drowseth the nooning air On meads with red poppies set; Fair is the day—ah, fair!

From The Path of Dreams Poems by Giltner, Leigh Gordon

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.