forty winks

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We probably all know about counting sheep, or letting sleeping dogs lie, but the facts about forty winks in the animal kingdom are still subject to debate.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2014

Then I managed to get forty winks or so of sleep around sunrise.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

I shall take forty winks on the sofa here as I have done many times in my tent on campaign.

From The Old Blood by Palmer, Frederick

“I think forty winks for me, also,” the Professor presently remarked, feeling himself to be de trop.

From Burning Sands by Weigal, Arthur

It's no good your blinking like an owl and pretending you weren't taking forty winks.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah