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
Maybe I can yarn you into forty winks.
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
Your master is going to take forty winks.
From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice
From every doorway the crowds hurried forth after dinner, scorning the sacred forty winks.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
