twenty winks

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twenty winks

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Modeled after forty winks, from the humorous notion that if a short nap is forty winks then a very short nap is twenty winks (half that amount).

noun

idiomatic, plural, plural only A very short sleep. Near-synonyms: forty winks; see also Thesaurus:shut-eye
Similar: forty winks, cark, doss, rest, sleep, shut-eye

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@misc{twenty_winks_2026,
  title = {twenty winks},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twenty%20winks},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}