Mae West
an inflatable yellow or orange life jacket for emergency use, especially by sailors or by airplane pilots in flights over water.
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How to use Mae West in a sentence
His first big break came when Mae West picked him to star with her in “She Done Him Wrong.”
At the opening-night party, Mart Crowley saw Mae West sitting alone, except for the company of two musclemen bodyguards.
When Hollywood Flirted with Porn: 1969, ‘Myra Breckinridge,’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,’ & 20th Century Fox | Robert Hofler | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStan checked his Mae West suit and made other small preparations for a bath in the channel.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin | Al AveryHe had no parachute and no life belt or Mae West suit to float him.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin | Al Avery
British Dictionary definitions for mae west
/ (meɪ) /
slang an inflatable life jacket, esp as issued to the US armed forces for emergency use
Origin of mae west
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