captain's bed
Americannoun
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The axe had always hung in brackets over the captain's bed, that being the only trace that was left.
From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous
She had died at a quarter of midnight, and had lain all night on the captain's bed with a towel over her poor old face.
From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd
That's the captain's bed, that is, and if he was to know I'd made you free of it he'd have a word to say.
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
Then she saw that the captain's bed was empty.
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
At the same time the captain's bed, which made a convenient protuberance in the side of the tent, was seized and tipped over, while tent-pole, canvas, and all, came down upon him in a mass.
From The Drummer Boy by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
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