lifepreserver

lifepreserver
life preserver n.
1. A buoyant device, usually in the shape of a ring, belt, or jacket, designed to keep a person afloat in the water.
2. Chiefly British. A weapon, such as a blackjack.

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  • lifepreserver — noun A personal floatation device (or PFD) used to prevent drowning. King Christ,this world is all aleak; / and lifepreservers there are none: / and waves which only He may walk / Who dares to call himself a man. Jehova buried, Satan dead, e e… …   Wiktionary

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