circulating library in English
noun
1
a small library with books lent for a small fee to subscribers.
They also ran a circulating library which advertised ‘an immense quantity of volumes’.
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Use "circulating library" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "circulating library" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "circulating library", or refer to the context using the word "circulating library" in the English Dictionary.
1. Numerous editions appeared under various titles. Many of them were pirated (eg, Waldie's Select Circulating Library edition, Philadelphia, 1833), and many were abridged.
2. His book was a novel; it had the Catchpenny cover, and while the romance of life stood neglected at his side he lost himself in that of the circulating library.--Henry James, 1893, "The Middle Years", Scribner's Magazine 13: 610 October 28, 2009