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View synonyms for Mae West
Mae West
noun
- an inflatable yellow or orange life jacket for emergency use, especially by sailors or by airplane pilots in flights over water.
mae west
/ meɪ /
noun
- slang.an inflatable life jacket, esp as issued to the US armed forces for emergency use
West, Mae
- A twentieth-century American actress. Mae West was a blonde, busty sex symbol, whose seductiveness was usually very funny because she overstated it so greatly. The popular version of her most celebrated line is, “Why don'cha come up and see me sometime?” She appeared memorably opposite W. C. Fields in My Little Chickadee .
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Origin of Mae West1
C20: after Mae West, 1892–1980, American actress, renowned for her generous bust
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Example Sentences
At the opening-night party, Mart Crowley saw Mae West sitting alone, except for the company of two musclemen bodyguards.
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Stan checked his Mae West suit and made other small preparations for a bath in the channel.
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He had no parachute and no life belt or Mae West suit to float him.
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