Forty winks

"Forty winks" in a Sentence (3 examples)

As you're so tired, why not try to catch forty winks before you leave?

[…] who evidently a glutton for work, it struck him, was having a quiet forty winks for all intents and purposes on his own private account while Dublin slept.

Powell: I... sometimes I need a nap to get through my shift. I sneak off behind the crates to grab forty winks where the supervisor can't find me.

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