twenty winks

A very brief nap or a short sleep. When you have a baby for the first time, you are suddenly forced to learn how to operate on only twenty winks at a time. I'm going to go grab a quick twenty winks before everyone starts arriving for the dinner party.

See also: twenty, wink

See also:

at one point
(the/one's) time runs out
any time means no time
against time
against the clock
a race against time
(it's) time to run
be up before (something)
any time
anytime

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