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View synonyms for circulating library

circulating library

noun

  1. a library whose books can be borrowed by its members or subscribers.


circulating library

noun

  1. another name (esp US) for lending library
  2. a small library circulated in turn to a group of schools or other institutions
  3. a rare name for subscription library
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of circulating library1

First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences

But even rich English people do not carry about with them a circulating library assortment of cheque books.

The monster-misery of literature is—The Circulating Library!

So much for the measure of the maw of the circulating library.

An old set of my own books, that looked as if it had been bought out of a bankrupt circulating library.

She wrote several novels more suited for the circulating library than for serious reading.

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