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
He couldn't get away from those three winks he had seen.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
Three winks, and stop, three winks, stop, and one long flash.
From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston
Now, shut up, Et, and let me get three winks myself.
From Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
"Violetta looked at me all the time, and Augustus gave three winks, so I think he liked it."
From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
