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noonday
/ˈnundeɪ/
noun 2
Collocations
3VERB + NOONDAY
heat
NOONDAY + NOUN
sun
PREP.
down, than
Definitions
noun
1
The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day.
She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday; Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant.
2
The time of greatest prosperity.
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She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday; Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant.
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The noonday sun beat down with dazzling brightness on the tennis court.
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Without a word, he had disappeared into the welter of the noonday crowd.
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Why, old No-Eyes, do you bear a lantern, you whose midnight is no darker than his noonday?
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