three winks
Example Sentences
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He then turned and said to Brocklehurst: "It's all right. He's seen my three winks."
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2015
Three winks, and stop, three winks, stop, and one long flash.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
He couldn't get away from those three winks he had seen.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
He hoped that she might get three winks of sleep.
From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson
Robin took it without more ado and putting it to his lips, tilted his head back, while that which was within said "glug! lug! glug!" for more than three winks, I wot.
From The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard
