A rest taken at noon; (occasionally) resting at this time. Now rare (in later use U.S.).
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| 释义 | society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific (12) nooning1552 A rest taken at noon; (occasionally) resting at this time. Now rare (in later use U.S.). after-dinner1576 The time after dinner; a period of time after dinner, often devoted to recreation; the remainder of the day after dinner. Also: the afternoon. wheta1628 An act of sharpening; transferred the interval between two sharpenings of a scythe, etc.; also figurative an occasion, turn, ‘go’. Now dialect. High Mail1676 = High Mall n.; cf. the Mail at mail, n.5 High Mall1712 the time of day when the throng of promenaders in the Mall in London (mall, n.1 2) is at its height; also in extended use. Sabbath-day1734 gen. A Sabbath, day of sacred rest. Blue Monday1790 Originally in German contexts. A Monday during which people choose not to work, esp. for a celebration, or because they have indulged excessively… noonscape1819 (a) = noon-spell n.; (b) a description of a landscape at noon. noon-spell1839 a rest taken in the middle of the day. children's hour1853 an hour of recreation in the evening, spent by children with their parents; (also, with capital initials) the title of a BBC radio programme… smoke-ho1874 A stoppage of work in order to rest and smoke. More generally, a tea-break, a rest period. Also, a cup of tea or a snack taken at work. Also attrib… welting1964 The practice by which some members of a gang of dockers take an unauthorized break while the rest work, and so turn and turn about. Hence as v. in… |
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