hook-and-ladder company

[ hook-uhn-lad-er kuhm-puh-nee ]

Origin of hook-and-ladder company

1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

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How to use hook-and-ladder company in a sentence

  • A hook-and-ladder company now coming up, an effort was made to clap a ladder against the fugitive, but it could not be done.

  • The last he saw of the cab or of the cabman was near the house of the hook-and-ladder company east of the French Market.

    Waring's Peril | Charles King
  • The fire alarm had been given and several engines and a hook-and-ladder company dashed on the scene.

    Joe The Hotel Boy | Horatio Alger Jr.