Fires vs Firey - What's the difference?
fires | firey |
(Australia, colloquial) A firefighter.
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* 2010 , Helen Thomas, Life with Rosie: The Highs and Lows of Raising a Racehorse ,
* 2010 , Karen Kissane, Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm ,
As nouns the difference between fires and firey
is that fires is plural of lang=en while firey is a firefighter.As a verb fires
is third-person singular of fire.As an adjective firey is
misspelling of lang=en.firey
English
Adjective
(head)Usage notes
The word .Noun
(en noun)page 135,
- So if a firey was having difficulties, I could go into bat for him if I felt it was necessary.
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- ‘Just one of those things that happens on a day like this,’ one of the fireys says, staring at what was the back door of the car.
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- Kinglake West firey Chris Lloyd says the camaraderie is a critical ingredient of CFA life.