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life preserver
noun
1.
a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
2.
British Slang. a weapon, especially a short stick with a weighted head; blackjack.
Origin:
1630–40
1630–40
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Life preserver
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| life preserver | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) a club or bludgeon, esp one kept for self-defence |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) a life belt or life jacket |
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