water wings
an inflatable contrivance shaped like a pair of wings, usually worn under the arms to keep the body afloat while one swims or learns to swim.
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How to use water wings in a sentence
I want to sink or swim on my own and not use water wings to get through the world.
It seems unreasonable to give an animal that lives in the water wings, which seemingly can be of no use to it.
The Pathfinder | James Fenimore CooperYou didn't see any water-wings or life-preservers floating around, did you?
Left End Edwards | Ralph Henry BarbourBinks, with the captured water-wings in his mouth, was within the girl's reach, and she grasped him and dragged him under.
The Cottage of Delight | Will N. HarbenShe looked like a Kewpie in her abbreviated bathing suit, with water wings fastened to her back.
The Cricket | Marjorie Cooke
This is sometimes accomplished by the use of a swimming raft or water wings.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for water wings
an inflatable rubber device shaped like a pair of wings, which is placed round the front of the body and under the arms of a person learning to swim
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