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Meanings of to take forty winks in English

English idiom meaning to take a nap.

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        Examples for "forty winks"
        1
        It usually comes when she is taking what she calls forty winks.
        On the Firing Line
        2
        Later, maybe, when I've had my grog, I'll take my forty winks-
        Lewis Rand
        3
        Run away, and think of me as enjoying my forty winks.
        Aunt Judith: The Story of a Loving Life
        4
        Take forty winks, you poor child, it will freshen you up.
        Nightfall
        5
        What the hell were you doing back there, catching forty winks?
        The skin trade
        Usage of to take forty winks in English
        1
        About 3 o'clock I went below to take forty winks.
        The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire