catch forty winks
Example Sentences
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“Can’t you let a fellow catch forty winks without sending out the riot squad?”
From Swamp Island by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
Now he was going to catch forty winks.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
“I want to catch forty winks now,” he said.
From Swamp Island by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
I often catch forty winks in chapel—that is, if I’m lucky enough to get behind one of the tall girls, where Mrs. Willis won’t see me.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.
The men tumbled down to catch forty winks.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
