truckle bed
Example Sentences
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And at last they came upon the man they sought sleeping peacefully on a truckle bed.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by George Dilnot
Madame Elizabeth was placed in a kind of kitchen, or wash-room, with a truckle bed in it, on the ground floor.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
He shook his head and motioned his father to get away from the side of his low truckle bed.
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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 Ambrose Pratt
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 John Albee
