truckle bed
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Up a narrow stair sped Soapy and, opening one of the numerous doors, crossed to a truckle bed wherefrom a tousled head upreared itself.
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol
The Cornet himself, though he sat up talking with the farmer for some time, at length turned into the truckle bed provided for him, and was soon as fast asleep as his men.
From Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow by Archibald Webb
Which, indeed, is witnessed to by the whole goggle-eyed populace in the truckle bed.
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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 Stanley John Weyman
Do you place your men as I told you," said the Earl, abruptly, "and bring me a truckle bed out of the guardroom.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
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