nooning
[ noo-ning ]
Origin of nooning
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How to use nooning in a sentence
I suppose your hired girl cooked that roast chicken and the layer-cake and the rolls for Samuel's noonings.
And So They Were Married | Florence Morse KingsleyDidn't you know men-folks generally bring their noonings in a pail?
An Alabaster Box | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse KingsleySomething is written elsewhere of the graveyard luncheons they took in the Sunday noonings.
The World on Wheels and Other Sketches | Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) TaylorAt one of the noonings, the hopes of the party in a gastronomic line were woefully disappointed.
Blazing The Way | Emily Inez Denny
British Dictionary definitions for nooning
nooning
/ (ˈnuːnɪŋ) /
noundialect, mainly US
a midday break for rest or food
midday; noon
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