truckle bed

Example Sentences

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

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

All for having set up a truckle bed in a wretched garret in the roof.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

Once again I was astounded, for I could now discern that 'Brownie's' figure lay upon the truckle bed instead of that of my uncle, which I had seen before.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard

"You have had a busy time of it in dreams, Master Weasel," said Dauntrees, since you laid yourself down on your truckle bed this morning.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.

He was no longer beaten, chained, or starved; he lay in a truckle bed instead of a stable; the work he had to do was of the lightest.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John