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The Collaborative International Dictionary
fireplug

fireplug \fireplug\ n. an upright hydrant that can supply large volumes of water to use in fighting a fire. They are commonly placed at intervals at the street edge of a sidewalk for convenience in suppressing fires in towns.

Syn: fire hydrant, plug.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fireplug

also fire-plug, 1713, from fire (n.) + plug (n.).

Wiktionary
fireplug

n. A fire hydrant.

WordNet
fireplug

n. an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire [syn: fire hydrant, plug]

Usage examples of "fireplug".

He was a block and a half from the fireplug and about eight minutes early.

Eight or nine minutes was about right for the walk down from the fireplug on Sixth.

The vantage point came first, and the fireplug was merely the nearest one to it.

The way his body settled naturally put the fireplug across Sixth directly in front of him.

The A Company commander, a solid little fireplug of a man, was an ex-Marine infantryman with a combat action ribbon and a bronze star from the Second Gulf War.

It made him wonder what a British fireplug looked like-a litter basket?

Maxwell was a short, tough fireplug of a man whose stubbly haircut seemed to spark with aggressive energy.

Lott looked like a bulldog, short, built like a fireplug, an expanding beer belly hanging over his belt.

This little fireplug lover of hers ate fast, walked fast, talked fast, and made love fast.

Built like a fireplug, Alexander looked like a brown-haired bulldog, a resemblance only broken by his bushy mustache.

With a flourish, Sullivan waved his arm at Apogee II, which looked less like a rocket plane and more like a fat fireplug with windows.

Police robots stood immobile, like fat little blue fireplugs, while the tides of noisy, smelly, angry, scampering humanity flowed in every direction at once.

So what if she'd inherited her father's lacklustre face and fireplug physique?

The awkward Jao bodyguard, Tamt, was haunting the edges of the little group with an air of being very much put upon, and they'd apparently acquired yet another new member for Aille's personal service, a Jao built like a fireplug.

An automobile is large enough to reflect the wavelengths of some of our engine noises but a fireplug is not.