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

You haven’t had forty winks for about four nights.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

We'll talk about it after I've had my forty winks.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

This rock appeared to us to be shaped like a mushroom, having a broad top rising a little in the middle, beneath which the fish lay, for forty winks, as Billy said.

From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert