truckle bed
Example Sentences
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And at last they came upon the man they sought sleeping peacefully on a truckle bed.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George
Iris came back from the void to find herself lying on a truckle bed in a dimly-lighted hovel.
From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis
Which, indeed, is witnessed to by the whole goggle-eyed populace in the truckle bed.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
"You have had a busy time of it in dreams, Master Weasel," said Dauntrees, since you laid yourself down on your truckle bed this morning.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
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 Waters, W. G. (William George)
