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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.
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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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Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truckled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Truckling}.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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