Thesaurus / truckle
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Martin stepped towards a low truckle-bed on which lay the emaciated form of a woman covered with a scanty and ragged quilt.
MARTIN RATTLERR.M. BALLANTYNEThis vain, haughty, and imperious Minister expected every one shou'd truckle to him.
THE MEMOIRS OF CHARLES-LEWIS, BARON DE POLLNITZ, VOLUME IKARL LUDWIG VON PLLNITZLooking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead.
GREAT EXPECTATIONSCHARLES DICKENSWhen I came to myself I was lying upon a truckle-bed, in a bare, half-furnished room.
THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARDARTHUR CONAN DOYLEA truckle-bed for the children or chamber servants was pushed under the principal bed by day.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 18, NO. 109, NOVEMBER, 1866VARIOUSShe was up from the truckle-bed directly, wildly feeling about her for her basket, and gazing at him in affright.
OUR MUTUAL FRIENDCHARLES DICKENSHis pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance.
OUR MUTUAL FRIENDCHARLES DICKENSOn this landing was a small truckle bed, on which Joe slept.
A BOOK OF GHOSTSSABINE BARING-GOULDLike any other good American, Newman thought it as well not to truckle to the foreigner.
THE AMERICANHENRY JAMESWe truckle to France in all things, to the prejudice of our honour.
ANDREW MARVELLAUGUSTINE BIRRELLWORDS RELATED TO TRUCKLE
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brownnose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- abased
- apple-polished
- blandished
- bowed
- brownnosed
- buddy up
- buttered up
- cajoled
- catered to
- caved in to
- cottoned
- courted
- cowered
- crawled
- crept
- cringed
- crouched
- curried favor
- debased
- deferred
- fell all over
- fell on one's knees
- flattered
- grovelled
- honey up
- invited
- jollied
- knelt
- kowtowed
- lay it on
- lick boots
- made up to
- massaged
- oiled
- paid court
- pandered
- played up to
- scraped
- slavered
- snowed
- stooped
- stroked
- submitted
- toadied
- truckled
- was at beck and called
- was obsequious
- was servile
- wooed
- yielded
- apple-polish
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beseech
- blandish
- bootlick
- bow and scrape
- brown-nose
- butter up
- cater to
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- fall all over
- fawn
- flatter
- humble oneself
- humor
- implore
- kiss one's feet
- kneel
- kowtow
- make much of
- make up to
- pamper
- play up to
- prostrate
- revere
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- suck up to
- truckle
- wheedle
- yes
- apple-polishing
- begging
- begging for mercy
- beseeching
- blandishing
- bootlicking
- bow and scrape
- brown-nosing
- buttering up
- catering to
- courting
- cowering
- crawling
- creeping
- cringing
- crouching
- eating crow
- eating dirt
- eating humble pie
- falling all over
- fawning
- flattering
- humble oneself
- humoring
- imploring
- kissing one's feet
- kneeling
- kowtowing
- making much of
- making up to
- pampering
- playing up to
- prostrating
- revering
- snivelling
- soft-soaping
- stooping
- sucking up to
- truckling
- wheedling
- yeing
- abide
- accede
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- agree
- appease
- be submissive
- bend
- bow
- buckle
- capitulate
- cave
- cede
- concede
- defer
- eat crow
- fold
- give away
- give ground
- give in
- give way
- go with the flow
- grin and bear it
- humor
- indulge
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- kowtow
- lay down arms
- obey
- put up with
- quit
- relent
- relinquish
- resign oneself
- say uncle
- stoop
- succumb
- surrender
- throw in the towel
- toe the line
- tolerate
- truckle
- withstand
- yield
- abided
- acceded
- acknowledged
- acquiesced
- agreed
- appeased
- ate crow
- bent
- bowed
- buckled
- capitulated
- caved
- ceded
- conceded
- deferred
- folded
- gave away
- gave ground
- gave in
- gave way
- grinned and bore it
- humored
- indulged
- knuckled
- knuckled under
- kowtowed
- lay down arms
- obeyed
- put up with
- quit
- relented
- relinquished
- resigned oneself
- said uncle
- stooped
- succumbed
- surrendered
- threw in the towel
- toed the line
- tolerated
- truckled
- was submissive
- went with the flow
- withstood
- yielded
- abiding
- acceding
- acknowledging
- acquiescing
- agreeing
- appeasing
- being submissive
- bending
- bowing
- buckling
- capitulating
- caving
- ceding
- conceding
- deferring
- eating crow
- folding
- giving away
- giving ground
- giving in
- giving way
- going with the flow
- grinning and bearing it
- humoring
- indulging
- knuckling
- knuckling under
- kowtowing
- lying down arms
- obeying
- putting up with
- quitting
- relenting
- relinquishing
- resigning oneself
- saying uncle
- stooping
- succumbing
- surrendering
- throwing in the towel
- toeing the line
- tolerating
- truckling
- withstanding
- yielding
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