Firefighter


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Firefighter

A slang term for a person who solves problems as they arise. The term connotes the idea that the firefighter is distracted from dealing with larger issues because minor problems prevent him/her from doing so.
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Important as firefighters were to Kerry in the primaries, they'll mean even more to him this fall,
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Firefighter Carroll had a vision for the memorial and sketched it out on a legal pad.
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It was pretty obvious they took a pretty big hit," Firefighter Shea said.
Firefighters travel to aid brethren; `Obvious they took big hit'

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