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twentywinks pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic) A very shortsleep, half as long asforty winks.
   • 1931, Henry Berman,Life Demands! And Other Plays:

     All right, go along to the doting mother, while I stretch out on the settle and chancetwenty winks of sleep before Andrew turns up. I never sleep well on the train, as you know.

   • 2003 November 3, “Twenty winks offered to drivers”, inBBC.co.uk‎^[1]:

     Twenty winks offered to drivers

   • 2004 November 10, Annalisa Barbieri, “Twenty winks”, inThe Guardian‎^[2]:

     Twenty winks [title]

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