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