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

Robin took it without more ado and putting it to his lips, tilted his head back, while that which was within said "glug! lug! glug!" for more than three winks, I wot.

From The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard

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

He hoped that she might get three winks of sleep.

From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson

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