fireplug
noun/ˈfaɪ(ə)plʌɡ/
Etymology From fire + plug, referring to the system used prior to fire hydrants, in which a large plug was placed into a hole in the water main, then covered with a barrel. The plug was removed when water was needed.
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A fire hydrant.
- She is a strong and warm-hearted and hard-working farmer in her early sixties. She is built like a fireplug.1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 1, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 22: