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Definition of Forenoons
1. forenoon [n] - See also: forenoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forenoons
Literary usage of Forenoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"To the office, and again all the afternoon, the first time of our resolution to
sit both forenoons and afternoons. llth. My people to work about setting ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"To the office, and again ail the afternoon, the firs time of our resolution to
sit both forenoons and afternoons. llth. My people to work about setting ..."
3. My Recollections of Ontario by John Clay (1918)
"industry Saturday forenoons, we used to deal for the farm with a butcher who
shall be nameless. During the forenoon he must have got away with a score of ..."
4. An Address, Delivered at the Opening of the Town-hall in Springfield, March by George Bliss (1828)
"... to beate the drum for the meetings fir a ye^rs space at 10 of the clock on
the lecture days and at 9 o'clock on the Lord's days, in the forenoons only, ..."
5. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys ...: The Diary Deciphered by the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John A. Smith (1866)
"... resolution to sit both forenoons and afternoons. llth. My people to work about
setting rails upon the leads of my wife's closet, a thing I have long ..."
6. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"A slight shade will be necessary on the forenoons of bright hot days, and the plants
... forenoons ..."
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