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fire-office
An office for issuing policies for insurance against fire; a fire-insurance company.
1684H. S. (title) An answer to a letter..giving an account of the two insurance-offices. The Fire-Office and Friendly Society. 1716Lond. Gaz. No. 5488/8 Hand-in-Hand Fire-Office. 1727Swift What passed in Lond., All the fire-offices were required to have a particular eye upon the bank of England. 1842Syd. Smith Lett. Wks. 1859 II. 324/1 Leave me to escape in the best way I can, as the fire-offices very kindly permit me to do. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxxi, Insured in some extraordinary Fire Office. |