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
I believe it was a habit with him, for many years, thus to take "forty winks" at the dinner-table.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various
I’ll take forty winks here until she’s ready.”
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
"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
