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not sleep a wink |
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not sleep a wink not to sleep at all. I couldn't sleep a wink last night. Ann hasn't been able to sleep a wink for a week. not sleep a wink to not sleep at all I was so excited about our trip that I didn't sleep a wink last night. Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms not get a wink of sleep or not have a wink of sleep: Poor Henry didn't get a wink of sleep on the plane. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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So they went away and let the Scarecrow and Ozma alone; but Dorothy could not sleep a wink all night. I remember too, Miss Andrews drank tea with us that evening, and wore her puce-coloured sarsenet; and she looked so heavenly that I thought your brother must certainly fall in love with her; I could not sleep a wink all right for thinking of it. I seized greedily on my new idea; I thirstily drank in all its different aspects (I did not sleep a wink that night |
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