truckle bed

Example Sentences

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And at last they came upon the man they sought sleeping peacefully on a truckle bed.

From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George

He shook his head and motioned his father to get away from the side of his low truckle bed.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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

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

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

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