noonshine

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noonshine

  1. Archaic form of nuncheon.
    • 20 June, 1808, Jane Austen, a letter
      The Moores came yesterday in their curricle, between one and two o'clock, and immediately after the noonshine which succeeded their arrival a party set off for Buckwell, to see the pond dragged […]
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