take forty winks

Example Sentences

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"Well, I'll take forty winks, if you'll promise to keep a good lookout."

From The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch by Stratemeyer, Edward

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

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

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

"I think I'll take forty winks," she hummed; "—twenty for the front face, and twenty for the back."

From The Poor Little Rich Girl by Gates, Eleanor

Your master is going to take forty winks.

From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice