life preserver
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.
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How to use life preserver in a sentence
But every once in awhile someone sends a life preserver with the words, “I agree.”
A Democratic Speechwriter Backing McCain Responds to Attacks | Wendy Button | October 31, 2008 | THE DAILY BEASTMr. Pickwick—deepest obligations—life preserver—made a man of me—you shall never repent it, sir.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles Dickens"Guess we'll have to get a life preserver for you," chuckled Big-foot.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinStill undetected, I scrambled along an aisle between them and put myself away in a sort of life-preserver closet.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempMark 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.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
Gee, if you had to make fifty-seven beds with a life preserver on, you'd know what it is to be tired!
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. Fitzhugh
British Dictionary definitions for life preserver
British a club or bludgeon, esp one kept for self-defence
US and Canadian a life belt or life jacket
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