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sleep a wink, not
sleep a wink, not
Not sleep at all, as in I couldn't sleep a wink last night. This expression, in which wink alludes to closing the eyes for sleep, was first recorded about 1325.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Pieter | | PEE-tər | Dutch |
| Liorit | | - | Hebrew |
| Tanika | | tə-NEE-kə | African American |
| Huang | | - | Chinese |
| Cynthia | | SIN-thee-ə (English) | English, Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Reg | | REJ | English |