pair of stairs

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In another, a ladder-like pair of stairs, suggesting a ship’s companionway, lay half out of the water.

From The Dragon's Secret by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)

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

I went up one pair of stairs; 2.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

With many flirts of the tail she hopped down to the nest, jumping from branch to branch as if tripping down a pair of stairs.

From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.

A stanch-looking pair of stairs led down to it.

From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Butterworth, Hezekiah