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[edit]- (uncommon) A greeting said at noon.
- 1897, Julie M[athilde] Lippmann, Cousin Faithful: A Comedy in One Act, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Penn Publishing Company, published 1918, page 6:
- Margaret. (from beyond c., gayly) Good morning to you, Lady Faithful! / Faithful. Good morning, or rather, good noon to you, Lady Joyful! How happy we seem this morning. Are you quite rested? Did you sleep soundly as well as late?
- 1965 July 20, John A[nton] Blatnik, “The Problem of Water Pollution”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 89th Congress, First Session, volume 111, part 13, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 17585, column 2:
- Thank you very much, President Buckman, and good morning, or good noon distinguished guests, officers, delegates and friends at the 52d annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
- 1966, Allen Wheelis, “[Fantasies] The League of Death”, in The Illusionless Man: Fantasies and Meditations, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., →LCCN, section V, page 105:
- Good morning, doctor. Or good noon, I should say, for you’re the soul of punctuality. And what a gorgeous day for our last meeting.
- 1974, R[ozanne] R[uth] Knudson, “June 5th”, in You Are the Rain (Laurel-Leaf Library), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1978 April, →ISBN, page 117:
- “Good morning, Crash. Or good noon.” / “Good day. That should cover it.”
- 1997 December, James Axler [pseudonym; Laurence James], chapter 20, in Ice and Fire (Deathlands; 8), 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.: Gold Eagle, Worldwide Library, →ISBN, pages 195–196:
- They were halfway through lunch when Carla Petersen arrived at the Rentaroom Hotel. Ruby Rainer was bringing in a tureen of stew with sweet potatoes and okra, sniffing with audible disapproval at Baron Brennan’s assistant. / “Good noon to you, Mrs. Rainer. I’m not here to help myself to your food, though that does smell so good! I just want a word with our outlander brothers and sisters, if you don’t mind.”