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 Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
"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 Charlotte Mary Yonge
He couldn't get away from those three winks he had seen.
From The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill
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 William Joseph Long
