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fire-reels
n. pl.
a fire engine; fire truck.
See also:
hose reel
reels
Formerly applied to a hand-drawn vehicle equipped with a reel of hose, the term persists in modern urban usage in the Toronto area, to some extent in Montreal and to some extent elsewhere
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