hook and ladder
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Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
Hockinson used two trick plays — a hook and ladder and a wide-receiver pass — to make it a 10-point game.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2018
He couldn’t find the play card for the hook and ladder, one of a handful of strategies at the end of a playoff game against New Orleans last season.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018
“I want a drum and a hook and ladder with an extentionisting ladder on it,” read the letter.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2015
She could hear the engine now, clattering along with the hook and ladder behind; and dark, hurrying forms crossed the street just beyond the next corner, but no one came by.
From Cloudy Jewel by Hill, Grace Livingston
