trundle bed
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trundle bed
First recorded in 1535–45
Example Sentences
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I could have slept several more people in mine, because it included a pull-out couch and trundle bed in addition to the king-size bed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Mine is technically also our guest bedroom — we have plans to put in a trundle bed / couch-type thing just behind where I usually sit, but it doubles as a pretty spacious office.
From The Verge • Aug. 20, 2021
Dyer said he and Murray slept in a trundle bed — a bed with a second mattress stored under it that can be pulled out.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2017
We had a twin trundle bed and a small futon.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2010
Laura and Mary lay in their trundle bed and listened to the Sunday hymns, for even the fiddle must not sing the week-day songs on Sundays.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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