have forty winks
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We'll both have forty winks, hey? and Potts shall call us, and O'Flynn shall be umpire.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
“Going to have forty winks, Miss Halse?” laughed James.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
"I feel a bit sleepy," admitted Crosthwaite; "but don't you think you ought to have forty winks, sir?"
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
I’ll have forty winks later, after Doctor’s been again.”
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
Hereupon, feeling quite drowsy, I resolved to have forty winks, and with due apologies reclined upon the couch, where I drifted into a refreshing slumber.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
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