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sun bath

British  

noun

  1. the exposure of the body to the rays of the sun or a sun lamp, esp in order to get a suntan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There he began to watch a mud-dauber wasp as she buzzed purposefully to the window sill, stretched her forefeet out like a kitten, and took a sun bath.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prying grown-ups catch Julian and Hildegarde taking a perfectly innocent sun bath after a swim.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the ideal bath-room will have a southeasterly exposure, and the new-risen sun, that saw young Adam bathing in the Garden of Eden, will look cheerily in and add a sun bath.

From The Comforts of Home by Bergengren, Ralph

The halves, when dried, are broken by hand into still smaller irregular fragments, and subjected to one or two days of sun bath.

From The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines by Lyon, William S. (Scrugham)

The musk ox stands in the brightest sun, with his beautiful coat of black and blue, and absorbs the first heaven-given sun bath, and man soars high in dreams of happiness.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

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