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bucket brigade
noun
- a line of persons formed to extinguish a fire by passing on buckets of water quickly from a distant source.
- any group of persons who cooperate to help cope with an emergency.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bucket brigade1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
The brick in the building of Felix Bachman & Company and the volunteer bucket-brigade prevented a general conflagration.
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They were passing armfuls of books from one to another, along the lines, like a bucket brigade.
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He got the fire all right; but there was a lively time around there, until the bucket brigade arrived, and slushed things down.
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As I watched, gaps appeared in the bucket-brigade as castmembers slipped away, faces burning scarlet with shame.
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The bucket brigade was working well under the direction of Ruth, and the garage was saved.
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