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

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

And Linda Fargo, the Bergdorf Goodman fashion director was saying after that presentation, as she scampered down the library steps in her stilettos, that Mr. Browne “needs a museum show.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2012

Everything that was fizzing and bubbling and sparkling went straight up my nose and Coke started to come out all over the library steps and it wasn’t just coming out of my mouth.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt