forty winks
Example Sentences
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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
The Marchioness felt she was justified in taking forty winks, and did so.
From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells
Edith yawned again, and prepared to retire to the den for forty winks.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Now he was going to catch forty winks.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
