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captain's bed

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noun

  1. a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.


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My blankets and furs on the floor would have been better suited to my traveling life especially as the captain's bed was shorter than his guest.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox

"Yes," responded the "Kid," "I wouldn't swap my 'sleeping bag' for the captain's bed, to-night."

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday

Then she saw that the captain's bed was empty.

From A Hero of Romance by Richard Marsh

It formed the captain's bed, and it also served as a repository for a number of tobacco-boxes and an assortment of well-used pipes.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe

Yet the actor and the Californian still held vigil by the captain's bed.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable

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