truckle bed
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The prophet had lain down with it on the truckle bed.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
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
The young fellow laughed, and, snatching up a stout stick that rested against his truckle bed, said he was ready.
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
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 W. G. (William George) Waters
So he told his servants to put a mean truckle bed in the room in which Jack was to sleep, knowing that no noble would put up with such a thing.
From Europa's Fairy Book by John Dickson Batten
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