public library

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public library

A noncommercial library often supported with public funds, intended for use by the general public.

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public library - a nonprofit library maintained for public use

library - a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing

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A search of the shelves of almost any public library will bring to light a book entitled, "A Naturalist Among the Head Hunters.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

I had found my way to the free public library, and was reading myself into nervous prostration.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

I suggested to Perry that we were in the public library of Phutra, but later, as he commenced to discover the key to their written language, he assured me that we were handling the ancient archives of the race.

At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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