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  • noun Plural form of firewoman.

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  • National Night Out! party @ our house, 5 civic leaders (mayor, fire chief, policewoman, 2 firewomen), 10 families, SUCCESS! new neighborhood watch launched (tags: local volunteer disaster burglary police emergency Preparedness) Nathan†™ s Notebook » …

    Hacking Google proxies on your BlackBerry | FactoryCity 2006

  • We were talking about firemen as usual and one of our guys reminded us not to forget that firewomen are, um, “desired” as well.

    Baths are gud u saiz? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Even taking into the account the fact that the trend towards tales of female physical empowerment in popular culture is, to a certain extent, unrealistic and not representative of the realities of our society, this is tough one to swallow, especially when we take into account that there are female members of the armed forces, there are policewomen and firewomen.

    "The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr. Abigail Nussbaum 2006

  • Even taking into the account the fact that the trend towards tales of female physical empowerment in popular culture is, to a certain extent, unrealistic and not representative of the realities of our society, this is tough one to swallow, especially when we take into account that there are female members of the armed forces, there are policewomen and firewomen.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006

  • They are the firemen and firewomen, the police officers, the sons and daughters of September 11th.

    CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2001 2001

  • There was no one inside the fire truck, but we have absolutely no idea what happened to the people, the firemen and/or the firewomen, who drove that truck to the scene.

    CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2001 2001

  • Because all the firemen and firewomen and firefighters, police officers, all these people are very special people.

    CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2001 2001

  • So 1.2 trillion -- but let's get some money in the hands of teachers and firemen and firewomen.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: What's Happening to the Economy? - March 1, 2001 2001

  • Asked by reporters, the hostess reiterated the restaurant's policy of refusing service to uniformed would-be diners, whether they are IDF soldiers, ambulance personnel, police officers, firewomen, or scouts.

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  • And we thank the higher authority as well as the firemen and firewomen for that reason. ...

    TimesCall.com 2009

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