have forty winks
Example Sentences
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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
"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)
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
I’ll have forty winks later, after Doctor’s been again.”
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
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
