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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
noun
- a club or bludgeon, esp one kept for self-defence
- a life belt or life jacket
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of life preserver1
First recorded in 1630–40
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In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
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Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.
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In his life preserver he looked like a beached walrus.
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With no parachutes, no life preservers, no rafts and no radios, the four planes guided by eight U.S.
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He threw all the life preservers he could reach to other men, then pulled himself further up the sloping deck, away from the water now angrily smashing its way through windows and doors.
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