fire hydrant
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someone, especially a man, who is is fairly short and has a slightly heavy and usually strong-looking body:
He is a feisty little fireplug of a man.
He was 25 years old and built like a fireplug.
In 1889, he claimed that the city's fire plugs admitted sewerage and typhoid bacilli into the domestic water supply.
A fireplug of a man with his short stature and muscular body, he can seem welcoming and intimidating at the same time.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fire service
beat
beat something out
extinguish
extinguisher
fire alarm
fire blanket
fire department
fire drill
fire engine
fire hydrant
fire marshal
fire truck
firebreak
firehouse
fireman
firetrap
flame-retardant
flameproof
quench
tender
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Animal physiology: fat or well-built