truckle bed

Example Sentences

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It contained a deal wardrobe with a full length mirror, a truckle bed, a dressing table and a wash stand.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

I called Jacopo Antonio, a boy of fifteen years of age who acted as my servant and slept in a truckle bed, and bade him look for my rings.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)

His pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

Long time I remembered some of those dreams which visited my truckle bed, placed on rollers a foot from the floor and thrice as many from the ridge pole.

From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John

Quest was on his hands and knees, fumbling under his truckle bed.

From The Black Box by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)