truckle bed

Example Sentences

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There were but two inodorous rooms, the innermost of which contained a truckle bed.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

Long time I remembered some of those dreams which visited my truckle bed, placed on rollers a foot from the floor and thrice as many from the ridge pole.

From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John

He was no longer beaten, chained, or starved; he lay in a truckle bed instead of a stable; the work he had to do was of the lightest.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John

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)

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

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