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forty winks
1. ” The swathes of gauze encasing Herminia’s head so camouflaged her that at first glance, Beth thought she had slipped out, but the movement of nuzzling into her pillow for another forty winks gave her away
2. Having given ample time to answer the door, even if Terence had been in the bath, he clenched his hands nervously, fearing that the suspect may have eluded even the very watchful eyes of his constables sometime during the night while they both inadvertently caught forty winks, but eventually assured himself that even if this was the case he would not be able to go far given that this was a small town where most inhabitants questioned the nighttime escapades of strangers
3. Too bad, she always manages to get here when you're having forty winks
4. Mr Bloom in the meanwhile kept dodging about in the vicinity of the cobblestones near the brazier of coke in front of the corporation watchman's sentrybox 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
5. It was a simple but sustaining meal—bacon and broad beans, and a macaroni pudding; and when they had quite done, the Badger settled himself into an arm-chair, and said, 'Well, we've got our work cut out for us to-night, and it will probably be pretty late before we're quite through with it; so I'm just going to take forty winks, while I can