hook and ladder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hook and ladder
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The hook and ladder resulted in a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
“Prices have gone up significantly,” John Mohlenhoff, secretary of the hook and ladder company for the Huntington fire department, told the newspaper.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
He couldn’t find the play card for the hook and ladder, one of a handful of strategies at the end of a playoff game against New Orleans last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2018
Alan Goldfarb Dear Diary: In high school in the ’50s, often I would look out the window and see a New York Fire Department hook and ladder truck drive by.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2010
And, surely enough, in the electrically lighted street could be seen the glittering fire engine and the hook and ladder truck, with prancing horses which seemed to delight being out in the storm.
From The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays by Greene, Julia
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