noun
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a midday break for rest or food
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midday; noon
Etymology
Origin of nooning
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at noon, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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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 Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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 Clarence E. Mulford
They halted for a nooning; the oxen browsed a little on sage brush and dried grass; the men lunched on crackers, cold coffee and the remnants of breakfast, but our water keg was empty.
From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Chalkley J. Hambleton
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 Eleanor Mercein Kelly
A sudden hammering of a street rail in the street below notified him the nooning was over, and that the workmen had gone back to their labors.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews
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