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Meanings of trundle in English

Catalan
llit amb rodes
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A low bed to be slid under a higher bed.

llit amb rodes
Usage of trundle in English
1
Old Numa Pompilius himself, was obliged to trundle off in the dusk.
Miscellaneous Essays
2
Drills whine amidst a tangle of wires while large diggers trundle past.
The Irish Times
3
There may be trundle-beds in these days, but I never see them.
A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
4
They had a bunk up side the wall and a trundle bed.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
5
We assented, and he proceeded solemnly to trundle the chair before him.
A Passionate Pilgrim
6
It had to trundle around Ginger on its way to the door.
Archer’s Goon
7
Across the way, he watched a Humvee trundle slowly down the street.
Map of bones
8
They could hear the breathing of the little girls in the trundle bed.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
9
The quaint word is the same as used in truckle or trundle bed.
The Complete Book of Cheese
10
His grooms would sleep on trundle beds in the same room.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
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Behind him I heard the trundle of the waggons being returned.
The Silver Pigs
12
Or did you want me to trundle along in your wake?
The darkest road
13
She drew out the trundle-bed, and made, it ready for Bella.
Mary Erskine
14
Alexis would soon trundle off and start playing again, being her 'normal self'.
Radio NZ
15
The lord's personal servants slept nearby on benches or trundle beds.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
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Railway workers, huddled around fires in the snow, waved as we trundle by.
The Guardian
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