An older American informal term for a fire engine, dating from the era of horse-drawn apparatus. The word evokes the clatter and urgency of 19th-century urban firefighting. Today it survives in nostalgic or colourful colloquial use, occasionally applied to modern fire trucks with a knowing nod to its age.
The kids pressed against the fence as the old firewagon rounded the corner, bells clanging.
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(US) A fire engine.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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