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save-all
[ seyv-awl ]
noun
- a means, contrivance, or receptacle for preventing loss or waste.
- Older Use. overalls ( def 3 ).
- Nautical.
- a net secured between a pier and a ship, beneath cargo being transferred from one to the other.
- a sail for utilizing wind spilled from the regular sails of a vessel: used in very light winds.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of save-all1
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Example Sentences
Under every lamp stands a sort of “save-all,” consisting of a small skin basket for catching the oil that falls over.
For this reason the trough into which it falls from the revolving "wire" is called the "save-all."
Into this save-all water may be admitted to regulate the consistency of the stuff.
The business of the dairy, like the feeding of hogs and poultry, is originally carried on as a save-all.
Another curious illuminating appurtenance was called a save-all or candle-wedge.
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