nooning

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They stopped for the nooning at a farmhouse where they were expected, and where their hostess met them eagerly at the gate.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

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

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

They halted for a nooning; the oxen browsed a little on sage brush and dried grass; the men lunched on crackers, cold coffee and the remnants of breakfast, but our water keg was empty.

From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Hambleton, Chalkley J.

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

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen