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

Maybe I can yarn you into forty winks.

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth

Edala had retired, announcing an intention of having forty winks and reappearing when it was cooler.

From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Mitford, Bertram

I shall take forty winks on the sofa here as I have done many times in my tent on campaign.

From The Old Blood by Palmer, Frederick