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We slep' in wooden beds what had corded rope mattresses.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

You were comely and tall; you had corded arms, And sympathy's grace with your strength was blent; You were generous, clever, and confident.

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by Clarke, George Herbert

Us had corded beds in dem times," she said, "an' dey was screwed in de corners to tighten 'em.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

He had corded the trunks, a man had taken them away in a little wagon, and they would find them at the station.

From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)