engine company

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a unit of a city's fire department in command of one or more fire-fighting vehicles.

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Origin of engine company

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

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How to use engine company in a sentence

The flag this morning flies at half-staff in front of Engine Company 224 in Brooklyn.
With the Fireman of Brooklyn’s Company 224 as They Observe the Fallen|Maurice Emerson Decaul|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A few members of Casey's fire engine company paid him final honors.
Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman
The outbreak arose from a clash between a funeral procession and a fire-engine company.
The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace|Frederick Morse Cutler
They had begun their history many years previously as a fire-engine company, and in 1832 had taken up military training.
The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace|Frederick Morse Cutler

Henry Merrill had secured the engine company's large flag in Alton, and now carried it proudly.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches|Sarah Orne Jewett
The congregation thought too much of it in 1848 to allow its use by Engine Company 42 for fire alarms.
The Kirk on Rutgers Farm|Frederick Brckbauer

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