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

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

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

I've a heavy day before me, and must e'en steal forty winks.'

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

The fact is, the day is warm and she is sleepy, and she knows she will not get her forty winks unless he takes himself out of the way.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)