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Forty (40) winks - "Early colonists simply would 'got to bed' or 'take a nap,' as they had in England, but in the 1820s our terms '40 winks' and 'cat nap' grew common," according to Stuart Berg Flexner in "Listening to America" (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982). ... phrases, sayings and idioms at...
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"40 winks" was discussed in archive 4, but that was really only about the significance of the "40"... So where does the "winks" come in? People don't tend to wink when asleep.. So.. Huh? :) ... phrases, sayings and idioms at...
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Various (older) members of my family refer to a short sleep as having 40 winks. Babies tend to nap in multiples of 40 minutes - is there any connection in the origin of 40 winks? ... However, 'forty winks' did not make an appearance until the early 19th century. I have no doubt that it refers to the number of minutes,
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Forty Winks at Amazon; Low prices on new & used music. Qualified orders over $25 ship free; ... forty winks pl.n. Informal (used with a sing. or pl. verb); A short nap. ... A brief nap, as in There's just time for forty winks before we have to leave. This expression supposedly was first recorded in 1828 and relies on wink...
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It's the end of the day, and you're sitting on the couch, struggling to stay awake to watch television. After dozing off, you decide to skip the 11 o'clock news and head to bed. You go upstairs, ... "I love it when patients tell me this scenario," says sleep psychologist Michael Perlis, ... Many times, say sleep psychologists,
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www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/40winks.html
www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/40winks.html
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Experts said the raised risk could be simply down to the fact that those who took forty winks were less likely to be physically active. ... Is motherhood softening rock chick Gwen Stefani? Singer embraces grown-up glamour at 40 She looked nothing like her usual self last night...
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www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1160508/How-40-winks...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1160508/How-40-winks-afternoon-raise-risk-diabetes.html?ITO=1490
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Taking a regular afternoon nap is raising your risk of getting diabetes, say scientists. ... By Daniel Martin; Last updated at 8:08 AM on 09th March 2009 ... Experts said the raised risk could be simply down to the fact that those who took forty winks were less likely to be physically active.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1160508/How-40-winks...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1160508/How-40-winks-afternoon-raise-risk-diabetes.html
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American adolescents are snoozing in school, missing classes and driving drowsy because of sleep deprivation, a new poll says. ... Instead of engaging in relaxing activities in the hour before bedtime, adolescents watch television (76 percent), surf the Internet or instant-message (44 percent) or talk on the phone (40 percent).
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www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/article...
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0328nosleep0328.html
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The 40 Winks are scattered into 6 worlds. 4 Worlds have 7 Winks each, while the other 2 Worlds have 6 Winks each. When you have the 40 Winks, you can open the door that leads to the final boss. Each world requires that you finish the previous world before entering it.
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