Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sunbake
nounsunbaking (uncountable)
- AustraliauncountableThe action of tanning in the sun; sunbathing.
Between swimming and sun-baking I used to go out to an island several miles away where the fishing was excellent[.]
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 1311 more example
"Well, I mean to say, supposing a man wanted a bit of a holiday...quiet time away from everybody. This is the very place. Bonzer beach for swimming, sunbaking. Bonzer shanty like this to loaf in; what more does a man want?"
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 75
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