fire engine

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noun

a vehicle equipped for firefighting, now usually a motor truck having a motor-driven pump for shooting water or chemical solutions at high pressure.

Origin of fire engine

First recorded in 1670–80

Also called fire truck.

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Examples from the Web for fire engine

Indeed, once the fire-engine house was taken, everybody seemed impressed by John Brown, rather than infuriated or vengeful.
When Robert E. Lee Met John Brown and Saved the Union|Michael Korda|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now that the fire-engine house was surrounded by the marines, he was certain nobody could escape.
When Robert E. Lee Met John Brown and Saved the Union|Michael Korda|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was Ann in her fire-engine Oscar de la Renta, straight out of the First Lady playbook.
Valerie Biden Owens Wears Givenchy Bird of Paradise Dress to Democratic National Convention|Isabel Wilkinson|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But this fall specifically, a fire-engine coif is proving to be the must-have for the fashion pack.
Return of the Redheads|Alisa Gould-Simon|August 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST

To have a fire without a fire-engine is like being married at a registry-office.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920|Various
The fire-engine is almost the only foreign mechanical power which has been popularized in China.
The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.|E. Rameur
When they arrive, leave your carriage there, and harness your team to a fire-engine, and come here as fast as you can.
Wenderholme|Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Probably some of you have seen a fire-engine throwing a stream of water through a hose upon a burning building.
Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes|Jane Andrews
He ran and called some people, and they fetched the fire-engine from the village and pumped out of the horse-pond just close by.
The Red Triangle|Arthur Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for fire engine

fire engine

noun

a heavy road vehicle that carries firefighters and firefighting equipment to a fire

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