He who winks
The phrase "forty winks" comes from an issue of Punch Magazine in 1872. This article was describing the Articles of Faith found in the Church of England.
It is just a short, light sleep, a cat nap or a snooze
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The word 'jaywalk' is a compound word derived from the word 'jay', an old word for an inexperienced person, and walk.
The term 'catch 40 winks' means catching 40 minutes of sleep (a nap.)
40 winks is an expression. It refers to a short nap.
A short nap is referred to as 40 winks.
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A person that didn't sleep a wink is someone who got almost no sleep at all, and to catch 40 winks is to catch a very brief but refreshing nap. The number 40 has a wide range of citations in the Bible and may have some application to this expression.
Thieves, as in Ali Baba and the forty thieves. Baseball teams can have 40 players. Winks - to sleep is to catch 'Forty winks"
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