hook and ladder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hook and ladder
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and placed around the city, usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
“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
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
Some men went searching for ladders up the line of back yards, the post hook and ladder truck being, of course, on the far side of the garrison.
From Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest by Charles King
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