have forty winks
Example Sentences
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"I feel a bit sleepy," admitted Crosthwaite; "but don't you think you ought to have forty winks, sir?"
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
We'll both have forty winks, hey? and Potts shall call us, and O'Flynn shall be umpire.
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
The Colonel would climb up and have forty winks in the top one before the Boy got in for their game of chess.
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
Hereupon, feeling quite drowsy, I resolved to have forty winks, and with due apologies reclined upon the couch, where I drifted into a refreshing slumber.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
“Going to have forty winks, Miss Halse?” laughed James.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram
