life buoy
- any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
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If a man falls overboard he knows then where to look out for the life-buoy.
Six Letters From the ColoniesRobert Seaton
I'd no more rob him of it than I'd snatch a life-buoy from a drowning man.
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
The life-boat was launched, and the life-buoy was cut adrift.
Gathering JewelsJames Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
“They must have got hold of the life-buoy, they must have got hold of the life-buoy,” was the cry.
The Three MidshipmenW.H.G. Kingston
He looked, and sprang for a life-buoy, which he slipped over Florrie's head.
The Wreck of the TitanMorgan Robertson
life buoy
- any of various kinds of buoyant device for keeping people afloat in an emergency
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