Firetruck definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Newscasters go on and on and on about minute details that they can only see on footage from a distant aerial view of a firetruck, and somehow the television station thinks that I want to hear this babble more than I want to watch the episode of "Law & Order" that they interrupted.

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If the words are mind-numbingly dumb, I usually end up hiding the book under the bed and hoping my daughter doesn't find it, as was the case with one book she loved whose text consisted of little more than the repeated the phrase, "Firetruck, firetruck, I want to ride in a firetruck!" — NewWest.Net All Headlines
Hey 1 / 2 hour or longer to wait for a firetruck isn't nothing with a fully engulfed building now is it, Tubby?
"What chance will our people have if they have to wait 10, 15, 20 minutes for a firetruck to show up?" he asked council members. — CourierPostOnline.com - News
Sosua, described by Nickles as impoverished, has no ambulance, and its firetruck is more than 40 years old, according to the report.
At any time (until time runs out and they actually take over) get in either a cop car, firetruck, or ambulance and press R3 to start the secondary mission and then press it again to end the mission. — GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features