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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