truckle bed

Example Sentences

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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

So he told his servants to put a mean truckle bed in the room in which Jack was to sleep, knowing that no noble would put up with such a thing.

From Europa's Fairy Book by Batten, John Dickson

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

Iris came back from the void to find herself lying on a truckle bed in a dimly-lighted hovel.

From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis

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

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