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Meanings of catch a wink in English

Portuguese
dormitar
Catalan
fer una becaina
Spanish
echar una siesta

Take a siesta.

        dormitar
        Usage of catch a wink in English
        1
        It ill becomes you to catch a wink on a dying man's last words.
        Scarlet
        2
        His babysitters took a deep breath when the chimp went to sleep-andtried to catch a wink themselves.
        Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
        3
        Catch a wink; the time'll go faster.
        The Song of the Lark
        4
        Without deigning to notice it, she caught a wink and a nod from one vaquero to another.
        Mavericks
        5
        The most common explanation was that they had worked the whole night through and hadn't caught a wink of sleep.
        Villain
        6
        "Can't a rat catch a wink of sleep without being rudely popped into the air?"
        Charlotte’s Web
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