forty winks

supersammy | 16:29 Wed 02nd Jan 2002 | Phrases & Sayings

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Where does the saying forty winks come from?

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Rip Van Winkle is said to have slept for forty years .It derived from that.

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It's more to do with the fact that 40 was considered a special number. Find out why at the answerbank article article 2667

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