truckle bed
Example Sentences
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The prophet had lain down with it on the truckle bed.
From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily
He took me to the very top of the mill, and there was a room with a heap of straw in one corner, and many empty barrels, and by the wall a truckle bed.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
On this landing was a small truckle bed, on which Joe slept.
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Each of these cells holds a small truckle bed, in which one prisoner sleeps; never more.
From American Notes by Dickens, Charles
"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.
