truckle bed
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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 Dickens, Charles
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