take forty winks

Example Sentences

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Then she announced she was going to take "forty winks," as she had been up most of the night and needed sleep.

From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner

About 3 o'clock I went below to take forty winks.

From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Morris, Charles

I believe it was a habit with him, for many years, thus to take "forty winks" at the dinner-table.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various

And then aloud she said, “All right, honey, I’ll take forty winks and then get up and come down to the tennis court.”

From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Speed, Nell

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