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captain's bed

American  

noun

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


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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

Bertie ate and drank, and lying back again upon the captain's bed prepared to act upon the hint.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

"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 Doubleday, Russell

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 Knox, Thomas Wallace

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

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard