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truckle-bed

truckle-bed is the alternative form of truckle bed.

Meaning of truckle bed

Noun

truckle bed (plural truckle beds)

  1. Synonym of trundle bed.
    • Romeo, good night: I'll to my truckle-bed; This field-bed is too cold for me to sleep:c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    trundle bed

Forms of truckle-bed

pluraltruckle-beds

Questions about truckle-bed

What is truckle-bed the alternative form of?
Truckle-bed is the alternative form of truckle bed.

Words near truckle-bed in the dictionary

  1. truckings
  2. truckish
  3. truckle
  4. truckle bed
  5. truckle beds
  6. truckle-bed
  7. truckle-beds
  8. truckled
  9. truckler
  10. trucklers
  11. truckles

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