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sun bath

British  

noun

  1. the exposure of the body to the rays of the sun or a sun lamp, esp in order to get a suntan

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Prying grown-ups catch Julian and Hildegarde taking a perfectly innocent sun bath after a swim.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he began to watch a mud-dauber wasp as she buzzed purposefully to the window sill, stretched her forefeet out like a kitten, and took a sun bath.

From Time Magazine Archive

She found her sitting alone in the house, her mother having taken a fancy to have a sun bath.

From A Beautiful Possibility by Black, Edith Ferguson

To prevent staleness, keep the old bread away from the fresh—scald the bread crock or give your bread box a sun bath at frequent intervals.

From Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) by Goudiss, Alberta M. (Alberta Moorhouse)

Whether they had completed their sun bath, or whether the call of their appetites moved them, it was impossible to say.

From The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South by Hope, Laura Lee