three winks
Example Sentences
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He then turned and said to Brocklehurst: "It's all right. He's seen my three winks."
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2015
He hoped that she might get three winks of sleep.
From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson
They're gonta give a flash light signal to their pal, three winks, count three slow, and three winks more, and then beat it.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
His three winks had stretched on into hours, when he was wakened by a sudden jarring that shook the craft from stem to stern.
From Lost in the Air by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
Before I could reach for my rifle the deer whirled and vanished like three winks, leaving the heavy evergreen tips nodding and blinking behind them in a shower of snow.
From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph
