truckle bed

Example Sentences

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In the living room a truckle bed had already been made up.

From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily

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

He shook his head and motioned his father to get away from the side of his low truckle bed.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Up a narrow stair sped Soapy and, opening one of the numerous doors, crossed to a truckle bed wherefrom a tousled head upreared itself.

From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery

"He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle bed."

From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest