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Definition of Forty winks
1. Noun. Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed).
Generic synonyms: Sleeping
Specialized synonyms: Siesta, Zizz
Derivative terms: Catnap, Nap, Snooze
Definition of Forty winks
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty Winks
Literary usage of Forty winks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peeps at Parliament: Taken from Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry William Lucy (1903)
"He may, without reproach, snatch his forty winks when he will, ... He admits
that, " at my time of life," he finds a long and prosy "forty winks. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"forty winks—only forty winks ! MR. PUNCH crosses the Channel; ... PUNCH'S forty
winks. Nevertheless he resolved to go straightway to Paris that his dream ..."
3. Life in Spain: Past and Present by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"says Forty- winks, gravely. " To think of men going by an old prejudiced Tory like
... And you will have one," said forty winks, shutting his note-book. ..."
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