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hook-and-ladder truck

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hook and ladder

–noun
a fire engine, usually a tractor-trailer, fitted with long, extensible ladders and other equipment.
Also called hook-and-ladder truck, ladder truck.


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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hook-and-lad·der truck   (hŏŏk'ən-lād'ər)   
n.  A fire engine equipped with extension ladders and hooked poles.
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