pair of stairs
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Near these houses is a high pair of stairs hewn out of the rock, to mount to the top of the castle.
From The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main by Williams, George Alfred
In her very nose is Steerage No. 1, down two pair of stairs.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
At this time Marvell was living in a court off the Strand, up two pair of stairs, and there Lord Danby, abruptly opening the door, discovered him writing.
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.
Two pair of stairs to your left hand, and the first door in the passage.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James
As soon after breakfast as Robert had finished his regular work we mounted two pair of stairs "to clear up the attic."
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware
