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hook and ladder definition

☆ hook and ladder

a fire engine that carries long ladders, hooks for tearing down ceilings, and other equipment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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