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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That especial day his nooning had something of the element of a new interest.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
Every street is as packed as lower Fifth Avenue used to be when the operatives came out of the big shops for their nooning.
From The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse by Howells, William Dean
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)
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 Mulford, Clarence E.
Is this more pleasant to you than the whirr Of meadow-lark, and its sweet roundelay, Or twitter of little field-fares, as you take Your nooning in the shade of bush and brake?
From Tales of a Wayside Inn by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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