nooning

[ noo-ning ]
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nounChiefly Inland North.
  1. an interval at noon for rest or food.

  1. a rest or meal at noon.

Origin of nooning

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at noon, -ing1

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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 Kingsley
  • Didn't you know men-folks generally bring their noonings in a pail?

    An Alabaster Box | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley
  • Something is written elsewhere of the graveyard luncheons they took in the Sunday noonings.

    The World on Wheels and Other Sketches | Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
  • At 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
  1. a midday break for rest or food

  2. midday; noon

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