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Meaning of twenty winks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A very short sleep, half as long as forty winks.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“All right, go along to the doting mother, while I stretch out on the settle and chance twenty winks of sleep before Andrew turns up. I never sleep well on the train, as you know.”
“Twenty winks offered to drivers”
“Twenty winks [title]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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