truckle bed
Example Sentences
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The young fellow laughed, and, snatching up a stout stick that rested against his truckle bed, said he was ready.
From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John
"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.
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
They carried Mary to her chamber, and laid her down on the low truckle bed, the shepherd moving as gently as he could, and doing his best to prevent her from suffering.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma
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
