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forty winks
noun as in short sleep
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Dad having forty winks on the sofa after lunch on Christmas Day.
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It ranks airports by qualities such as discomfort, poor service, bad food, cumbersome immigration procedures and how hard it is to grab forty winks while waiting for a connection.
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That should make it easier to fall asleep after scanning headlines before you get your forty winks.
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Researchers say taking forty winks in the middle of the day could reduce blood pressure and stave off heart attacks.
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Beauty sleep seekers rejoice; there are plenty of places at which to steal forty winks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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