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

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 Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard

He had dismissed all his perplexities, and was about to abandon himself to three winks of sleep, when something on the horizon attracted his attention.

From Triple Spies by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)

He couldn't get away from those three winks he had seen.

From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston

Before I could reach for my rifle the deer whirled and vanished like three winks, leaving the heavy evergreen tips nodding and blinking behind them in a shower of snow.

From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph