take forty winks
Example Sentences
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Your master is going to take forty winks.
From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice
About 3 o'clock I went below to take forty winks.
From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Morris, Charles
"Well, I'll take forty winks, if you'll promise to keep a good lookout."
From The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch by Stratemeyer, Edward
"I think I'll take forty winks," she hummed; "—twenty for the front face, and twenty for the back."
From The Poor Little Rich Girl by Gates, Eleanor
And then aloud she said, “All right, honey, I’ll take forty winks and then get up and come down to the tennis court.”
From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Speed, Nell
