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  • Only by the tunnel mouth where I lay were there signs of human occupation: a rough stone fireplace and utensils, palliasses and camp-beds, plain chairs and table, a couple of packing-cases, and a litter of stores and gear.

    Watershed 2010

  • Peter and I were doubled up in a small room which contained two camp-beds and little else, and had broken windows through which the wind whistled.

    Greenmantle 2005

  • Only by the tunnel mouth where I lay were there signs of human occupation: a rough stone fireplace and utensils, palliasses and camp-beds, plain chairs and table, a couple of packing-cases, and a litter of stores and gear.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

  • They were soon in bed - the girls cuddled together in the big, rather hard, old bed, the boys in their separate camp-beds.

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

  • They can have the old camp-beds, if they like the look of the barn.

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

  • What about putting up camp-beds or something in a barn?

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

  • And as for you two boys, you can slip out to the barn, and see if you'd like a couple of camp-beds there.

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

  • The two boys saw a couple of camp-beds in a corner of the barn.

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

  • The twins came back at that moment with two more camp-beds, wkich they proceeded to set up as far from their own as possible.

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

  • Before the twins could answer, a shrill barking came from the direction of the camp-beds, and the boys saw a tiny black poodle there, standing up, quivering in every hair.

    Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

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