take forty winks

Example Sentences

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

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

Your master is going to take forty winks.

From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice

"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

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

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