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hook and ladder

[hook uhn lad-er] / ˈhʊk ən ˈlæd ər /
NOUN
fire truck
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Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and placed around the city, usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

“Prices have gone up significantly,” John Mohlenhoff, secretary of the hook and ladder company for the Huntington fire department, told the newspaper.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2021

Alan Goldfarb Dear Diary: In high school in the ’50s, often I would look out the window and see a New York Fire Department hook and ladder truck drive by.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2010

Two fire engines, one a hook and ladder outfit, the other a hose truck!

From Rats in the Belfry by Cabot, John York




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