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When Lingard ordered him to receive Joanna into his house, he had a truckle bed put into the office—the only room he could spare.

From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph

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 Webb, Archibald

Quest was on his hands and knees, fumbling under his truckle bed.

From The Black Box by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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 Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

I shrank back after peering through the small aperture, for there was my uncle stretched out on 'Brownie's' truckle bed.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard




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