truckle bed

Example Sentences

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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)

On this landing was a small truckle bed, on which Joe slept.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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

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)