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Meanings of upper berth in English

The higher of two berths.

        Usage of upper berth in English
        1
        Proctor had an upper berth and employed a ladder to reach it.
        The new yorker
        2
        As for me, I had gotten an upper berth and felt satisfied.
        The Burial of the Guns
        3
        Russ and Laddie were in the upper berth over daddy and Mun Bun.
        Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
        4
        And already in the upper berth of her compartment Mrs. Thesiger was asleep.
        Running Water
        5
        I could hear my room-mate turn over in the upper berth.
        Wandering Ghosts
        6
        He was in an upper berth of that little old steamer.
        Bunker Bean
        7
        Hillyard smiled to himself and took down his bag from the upper berth.
        The Summons
        8
        The Westerner turned away and swung back to his upper berth.
        The Big-Town Round-Up
        9
        She was standing with her arms folded on the upper berth breast high.
        The Grey Lady
        10
        The car being crowded, I had been forced to accept an upper berth.
        Michael, Brother of Jerry
        11
        He looked into the upper berth, but his roommate was gone.
        Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
        12
        In the end, they both settle it by climbing into the upper berth.
        The new yorker
        13
        He can take the upper berth in the cook's cabin.
        The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
        14
        The curtains of the upper berth were still closely drawn.
        Wandering Ghosts
        15
        My reading lantern, which had been placed in the upper berth, was suddenly extinguished.
        Wandering Ghosts
        16
        As I turned back I glanced at the upper berth.
        Wandering Ghosts
        This collocation consists of:
        Upper berth through the time
        Upper berth across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common