forty winksnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌfɔː.ti ˈwɪŋks/us/ˌfɔːr.t̬i ˈwɪŋks/UK informala short sleep during the day:
He usually has forty winks going home on the train.
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- nod
- sleep over
- sleepwalker
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- turn
- turn in
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