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▪ I. sunbake, n. Austral. and N.Z.
Brit. |ˈsʌnbeɪk|, U.S. |ˈsənˌbeɪk|, Austral. |ˈsʌnbeɪk|, N.Z. |ˈsʌnbæik|
[‹ sunbake v. Compare sun-bath n. at sun n.1 Compounds 3a.]
An act or period of sunbathing. Cf. sunbake v.
1940Digger Yarns I'd been 'avin' a bit of a sunbake all the mornin'. 1958Tararua 28 First is the salubrium, a rest or sunbake in salubrious conditions. 1967D. Horne Educ. Young Donald 10, I would walk there to have a swim and a sunbake. 2006Cairns (Queensland) Post (Nexis) 14 Nov. 48 Sightings also came from Palm Cove on Sunday morning, having a sunbake before flying home.
▪ II. sunbake, v. Austral. and N.Z.
Brit. |ˈsʌnbeɪk|, U.S. |ˈsənˌbeɪk|, Austral. |ˈsʌnbeɪk|, N.Z. |ˈsʌnbæik|
[‹ sun n.1 + bake v., perhaps after sun-bathe v. at sun n.1 Compounds 3a.]
intr. To sunbathe. Also occas. trans. (in pass.).
1910Truth (Sydney) 9 Oct. 2/8 If those sun baking barrackers really desire to get sun baked in ‘the altogether’, why do they not repair to Tamarama Bay. 1918Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Jan. 24/4 She was at Manly when she last wrote—sun-baking. 1957D. Whitington Treasure upon Earth 62 Sun-baking later on the sand she told him a little of herself. 1991D. A. Stewart Springtime in Taranaki 84 The beach was of the famous Taranaki iron-sand, grey in the heat where we sunbaked. 2005Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 3 July 5/2 (caption) Shane and Simon Warne sunbake poolside yesterday at their luxury resort.
Derivatives. sunbaker n. a person who sunbathes.
1949C. B. Maxwell Surf 41 A *sunbaker sat up and pushed forward a well-filled pot. ‘Have a beer, sergeant!’ 2000N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 29 Aug. The city that's home to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and thousands of topless sunbakers. |