fireman
Example Sentences
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"Everybody just wanted to be firemen because we were brought up with it all the time... everything was involved around the fire brigade."
From BBC
There were signs and posters about fires and firemen everywhere; all the blackboards said “Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Speed and Safety Winner!”
From Literature
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"As I recall he was very rarely there," said the former fireman from Gwynedd.
From BBC
"I am profoundly grieved at the loss of this dedicated and gallant fireman," Andy Yeung, director of the fire service said in a statement.
From BBC
“Those corridors fill up with smoke, so now you’re having to do a fireman crawl along the floor for potentially hundreds of feet,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
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