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• winks — n. some sleep. (See also forty winks.) □ I gotta have some winks. I’m pooped. □ A few winks would do you good …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Winks — There are three possible sources for this intriguing surname of Anglo Saxon origin, the first being that it is locational from East and West Winch in Norfolk, and as such derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century wynn , a meadow, and wic , a… …   Surnames reference

• catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• forty winks —    If you have forty winks, you have a short sleep or rest, generally during the day.     Dad likes to have forty winks after a game of golf …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Catch forty winks — have a short sleep …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• Grab forty winks — have a short nap …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks — Infobox Television show name = Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks caption = The title card of every episode. format = Comedy, Animation picture format = runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Peadar Lamb, Maile Flanagan, Russi Taylor,… …   Wikipedia

• Forty winks — is an English idiomatic noun that can be used in the singular or plural and means: to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed),cite web | url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forty%20winks| title = WordNet Search 3.0| …   Wikipedia

• Woozy Winks — Superherobox caption= Plastic Man #17 (May 1949) Cover art by Jack Cole, showing Woozy Winks hitching a ride on Plastic Man character name = Woozy Winks publisher = Quality Comics DC Comics debut = Police Comics #13 (November 1942) creators =… …   Wikipedia

• forty winks — {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks./ Compare: SHUT EYE …   Dictionary of American idioms