gurney

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  • He paused for a second and watched as the gurney was shoved into the ambulance. —  Transfer of Power - Flynn
  • The other two lifted her onto a gurney, asking Anna questions as they worked. —  Scanned ; Semi-Proofed by Cozette
  • I was ordered to lie on the gurney, and after a moment of stunned immobility, I did. —  ChallengingDestiny#25
  • She awoke in confusion—was this a dream that her gurney was moving and that her arm was hooked to the bed? —  RemoteControl
  • She was standing by a gurney, her arm around a little boy. —  TheMillionaire’sPregnantWife
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  1. Probably after J. Theodore Gurney, American inventor who patented a type of wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883.
 

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