circulating library

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

Origin:
1735–45

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circulating library
 
n
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

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Circulating library is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
The public is able to access and use non-circulating library materials in the library regardless of format.
New forums for communication and debate-the newspaper, the circulating library, even the coffee-house-sprang up.
Not circulating library material but a novel teaching tool.
The circulating library is adequate with a variety of books and magazines.
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