nooning
Example Sentences
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A day's work in haying should and can be so planned as to give two hours' nooning in the hottest part of the day.
From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
The nooning was cut short voluntarily, the men contenting themselves with a few whiffs of tobacco and resuming work without a word from MacNutt.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
They took their nooning, with Sirius now over Mynedd Mawr, and Orion soaring like a kite.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
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 F. N. (Frederick N.) Wilson
Nevertheless, the lad got up, tried the dibble with his left hand, and saying, “Thanks, Charlie,” dropped down upon the fragrant sod and was speedily asleep, for a generous nooning was allowed the industrious lads.
From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by W. A. (William Allen) Rogers
