trundle

• Back in slavery time I recall the trundle bed that we children slept on. —  Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2
• And she picked Little Jack Rollaround up and threw him, trundle-bed boat and all, into the middle of the sea And I suppose he is there yet, unless somebody picked him out again FOOTNOTES 14] Based on Theodor Storm's story of Der Kleine Häwelmann (George Westermann, Braunschweig). —  Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling
• She expressed her mind, in a womanly way, by whispering in his ear at the first opportunity, "She's as black as an Injun After Ann had eaten her supper, and had been tucked away between some tow sheets and homespun blankets in a trundle-bed, she heard the whole story, and lifted up her hands with horror. —  The Pot of Gold And Other Stories
• He was almost forty years old and was still a bachelor Wal, young ones," he said at last, "reckonin' trundle-bed trash, there's a lot of ye, ain't there His voice surprised me. —  A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
• Seems she was countin' on using her trundle-bed, 'n' she said right flat out 't she must use her trundle-bed, 'n' so she jus' up 'n' put Henry Ward Beecher right straight back in the sugar-bowl. —  Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop

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