truckle bed
Example Sentences
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The prophet had lain down with it on the truckle bed.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
Each of these cells holds a small truckle bed, in which one prisoner sleeps; never more.
From American Notes by Charles Dickens
They carried Mary to her chamber, and laid her down on the low truckle bed, the shepherd moving as gently as he could, and doing his best to prevent her from suffering.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Emma Marshall
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 Charles Reade
His pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance.
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
