A short period of sleep, especially one during the day time.
English idiom meaning to take a nap.
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Examples for "to take forty winks"
Examples for "to take forty winks"
1About 3 o'clock I went below to take forty winks.
1It usually comes when she is taking what she calls forty winks.
2Later, maybe, when I've had my grog, I'll take my forty winks-
3Run away, and think of me as enjoying my forty winks.
4Take forty winks, you poor child, it will freshen you up.
5What the hell were you doing back there, catching forty winks?
6You-all take forty winks while dad fixes up some supper.
7About 3 o'clock I went below to take forty winks.
8We'll have forty winks, and then go on again.
9The men tumbled down to catch forty winks.
10I'm going to try and get forty winks.
11Captain Glenn, tired out, announced that he was going below to get " forty winks."
12The old lady turned her forty winks into four hundred, and slept outright, curtained in the shadows.
13I shall most likely drop off to sleep, and enjoy forty winks in this very comfortable chair.
14And old Jolyon had but forty winks.
15I thought you were with mother, so I took forty winks after I got those girls off.
16I think I'll try for forty winks.
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