noon|ing

noon|ing
noon|ing «NOO nihng», noun. Dialect.
1. a rest or time for rest at noon: »

She had said she would look at pictures all through the nooning [at school] (Mark Twain).

2. a meal or snack taken at noon.
3. = noon. (Cf.noon)

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