library steps

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.

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Etymology

Origin of library steps

First recorded in 1755–65

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Example Sentences

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library steps

Hundreds of students walked out Thursday and gathered at the library steps for a “peaceful protest art installation.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Brave Books released photos showing fans lining up on the library steps even before the doors opened at 10 a.m. for the 10:30 a.m. reading.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

Revised with Concrete Nouns Approaching Brandon Library, I see skateboarders and bikers weaving through students who talk in clusters on the library steps.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

A few years after that first reading, my daughter and I met up on the library steps with some other parents and children.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2018

Harriet pointed to the top of the library steps, where the roof extended: a shelter from the surging rain.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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