nooning

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But the balancing of the can requires a happy combination of stones about the fire that the brief nooning of a day's tramp seldom affords, and baking is still more uncertain.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

Why, is this where you spend your nooning, Cloud?

From Cloudy Jewel by Hill, Grace Livingston

That especial day his nooning had something of the element of a new interest.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen

Gull, the herring, 211. following the plow, 213. flight, 215. manners, 213. nesting, 216. nooning, 215. penalty for killing, 212. sent to the "Chosen People," 212. value of, 216.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne

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 Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)