fire company
noun
a company of firefighters.
a fire-insurance company.
Origin of fire company
An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
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She would be glad to "knit up Care's raveled sleeve," or the hose for a fire-company.
The World on Wheels and Other SketchesBenjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
The reader has already made the acquaintance of the fire-company and engine known as Red Rover Three.
Phaeton RogersRossiter Johnson
"The fire-company deserves all the credit, Harry," said Anderson magnanimously.
Anderson Crow, DetectiveGeorge Barr McCutcheon
I spoke to him last night when he was relieving guard, and asked him what fire-company he belonged to; and he said, none.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3Robert H. Newell
fire company
noun
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