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Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhn-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌnˌʌp



Definition of sunup

Origin :
  • also sun-up, 1712, from sun (n.) + up (adv.).
  • noun dawn
Example sentences :
  • His last meal had been breakfast before sunup of the day before.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • “Been watching your craft since sunup,” declared Uncle Enos.
  • Extract from : « A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony » by Alice Turner Curtis
  • And to-morrow morning at sunup we begin preparations in earnest.
  • Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by George Allan England
  • From sunup to sundown the Tony Trumbullses raced and laughed.
  • Extract from : « Rebecca Mary » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • "I took pains to watch the hunters load their craft at sunup," said Hawk Eye.
  • Extract from : « Hawk Eye » by David Cory
  • I can ride over to Hall's and get back to my place by sunup with his team.
  • Extract from : « A Prairie Courtship » by Harold Bindloss
  • With my husband at work from sunup until dark, it's often lonely here.
  • Extract from : « A Prairie Courtship » by Harold Bindloss
  • When the corn all done been shucked they'd drink the likker the marsters give 'em and then frolic and dance from sundown to sunup.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 » by Work Projects Administration
  • So it was not until sunup the next day, that they were released.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by J. Walker McSpadden
  • Befo' sunup I had to git to de Big House ter dress dem chulluns.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration

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