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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

First recorded in 1630–40

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!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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