hook-and-ladder company
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hook-and-ladder company
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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There was a precinct certain to be strong for Knowles, where the balloting was to take place in the office-room of a hook-and-ladder company.
From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Tarkington, Booth
A hook-and-ladder company rattled past with clamor and gongs and clatter of hoofbeats.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston
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.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870 by Various
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.
From Waring's Peril by King, Charles
And although he became foreman of a juvenile hook-and-ladder company before he was five, and would not play with girls at all, he had one peculiar feminine weakness.
From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Hutton, Laurence
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