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nooning

[ noo-ning ]

noun

Chiefly Inland North.
  1. an interval at noon for rest or food.
  2. a rest or meal at noon.


nooning

/ ˈԳːɪŋ /

noun

  1. a midday break for rest or food
  2. midday; noon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of nooning1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; noon, -ing 1
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They took their nooning, with Sirius now over Mynedd Mawr, and Orion soaring like a kite.

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It dyed the clouds that seemed to sag over the earth as the ceiling-sheets sagged in the cottages, and its glare was not lost high overhead now, as it had been on that night when the Kerrs had rested for their "nooning" in the midst of their building of their Hafod.

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"Then we'll ha' we're nooning."

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For instance, I’ve an hour’s nooning; and I go out and get my dinner in a little eating-house near the rear of our store—ten cents for a plate of roast beef; pretty thin the cut is, but the flavor is all right.

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

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