hook-and-ladder company
[ hook-uhn-lad-er kuhm-puh-nee ]
noun
Origin of hook-and-ladder company
1An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Words Nearby hook-and-ladder company
- hoo-ha
- hook
- hookah
- hook and eye
- hook and ladder
- hook-and-ladder company
- hook bolt
- Hook, Captain
- hook check
- Hooke
- hooked
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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 KingThe 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.
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