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truckle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel.] A small wheel or caster. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in
allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil
slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to
submit; to creep. "Small, trucking states." --Burke.
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Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. [1913 Webster]
