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Meanings of step ladder in English

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escala de tisora

A folding portable ladder hinged at the top.

        escala de tisora
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        Examples for "stepladder"
        Examples for "stepladder"
        1
        There'd be no need for a hoist, either, or even a stepladder.
        Torch of Freedom
        2
        I guess I could do some cleaning, but I'd need a stepladder.
        Finger lickin' fifteen
        3
        A man picking the tomatoes on a stepladder added to the effect.
        A Truthful Woman in Southern California
        4
        There was a small stepladder on which to reach the topmost books.
        Mister Slaughter
        5
        A sort of stepladder effect of increasing contractions may be thus obtained.
        The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
        Usage of step ladder in English
        1
        They sat forward, near the flight deck, accessible via a five- step ladder.
        The charlemagne pursuit
        2
        I got so high, I needed a step ladder to scratch my ass.
        Reuters
        3
        He said the step ladder must have kicked up.
        Peck's Compendium of Fun / Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, ...
        4
        So Billy and Betty, together, brought the step ladder and set it up on the piazza.
        Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
        5
        There's a step ladder on the back porch.
        Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer
        6
        The old hunter grabbed a small step ladder that stood against the wall of the engine room.
        Under the Ocean to the South Pole; Or, the Strange Cruise of the...
        7
        The load box features a hidden step ladder in the tailgate making loading and unloading a breeze.
        The South African
        8
        When Nkandla residents started to remove the izinyoka, Endlovini residents came out in numbers and grabbed their step ladder.
        The South African
        9
        But when she brought up against a step ladder she forgot her fears in the joy of her discovery.
        Betty Gordon at Boarding School; Or, The Treasure of Indian Chas...
        10
        She had mounted a step ladder to reach some that otherwise were too high up for her small stature.
        Elsie's Girlhood / A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Hol...
        11
        A box or small step ladder, just out of sight on the side toward the front, will serve the purpose.
        Up the Chimney
        12
        Tells how Barry raised suspicions that he had relapsed into drug- and alcohol-abuse... After he reappeared he said he was back on the twelve- step ladder.
        The new yorker
        13
        She claimed the step ladder gave way under her while she was "facing out" whiskey bottles on a top shelf in the off-licence aisle.
        The Irish Times
        14
        Old chairs, carpenter's horses, step ladders and empty boxes lay in the darkness waiting for shins to be barked.
        Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
        15
        There has got to be a law passed to punish the hardware dealers for selling those step ladders that shut up like a jack-knife.
        Peck's Compendium of Fun / Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, ...
        16
        "The porter brings out a little step ladder, and it's just like walking upstairs, only it isn't."
        The Circus Boys Across the Continent; Or, Winning New Laurels on...
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