nooning

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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

Amy, away up on the fourth floor where she worked, knew nothing of this visit, and was a little dismayed when she received a summons to go down "to the 'Supe's' room for her nooning."

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

Said I to Love: "What must I do, All in the summer nooning?"

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

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

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

After a long nooning they pushed on until nearly sunset.

From The Pines of Lory by Mitchell, John Ames