hook and ladder

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noun

a fire engine, usually a tractor-trailer, fitted with long, extensible ladders and other equipment.

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In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

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Also called hook-and-ladder truck, ladder truck.

Origin of hook and ladder

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words nearby hook and ladder

hooft, hoogh, hooghly, hook, hook and eye, hook and ladder, hook bolt, hook check, hook of holland, hook or crook, hook shot

Example sentences from the Web for hook and ladder

A pumper and a hook-and-ladder truck swung around the corner, lurching to a stop.
The Secret Pact|Mildred A. Wirt
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 King
The 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.
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.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870|Various

She looked at that telephone like a person in the fourth story of a house afire looks at the hook-and-ladder man.
The Annals of Ann|Kate Trimble Sharber