truckle bed

Example Sentences

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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)

Each of these cells holds a small truckle bed, in which one prisoner sleeps; never more.

From American Notes by Dickens, Charles

Finally, he sat bolt upright in his little truckle bed in silent defiance.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

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

He took me to the very top of the mill, and there was a room with a heap of straw in one corner, and many empty barrels, and by the wall a truckle bed.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles