truckled

Variant of truckle

noun

truckle bed

Origin: ME trocle < L trochlea, pulley, roller: see trochlea

intransitive verb truckled, truckling

to be servile; cringe, submit, toady, etc.: usually with to

Origin: < truckle (bed): with reference to its low position

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