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life preserver
noun
- a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
- British Slang. a weapon, especially a short stick with a weighted head; blackjack.
life preserver
noun
- a club or bludgeon, esp one kept for self-defence
- a life belt or life jacket
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Word History and Origins
Origin of life preserver1
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Example Sentences
But every once in awhile someone sends a life preserver with the words, “I agree.”
Mr. Pickwick—deepest obligations—life preserver—made a man of me—you shall never repent it, sir.
"Guess we'll have to get a life preserver for you," chuckled Big-foot.
Still undetected, I scrambled along an aisle between them and put myself away in a sort of life-preserver closet.
Mark Twain might be first to grab for the life-preserver, but he would also be first to hand it to a humanity in greater need.
Gee, if you had to make fifty-seven beds with a life preserver on, you'd know what it is to be tired!
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