truckle bed
Example Sentences
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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.
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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.
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Finally, he sat bolt upright in his little truckle bed in silent defiance.
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"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.
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On this landing was a small truckle bed, on which Joe slept.
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