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Life preserver

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Noun
  1. 1
    A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat. US
  2. 2
    rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning wordnet
  3. 3
    A short club with a weighted end. UK, dated

    "Here's your crowbar / And your centre-bit; / Your life-preserver— / You may want to hit!"

  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, preserver.

    "In such cases, the story is told to illustrate some main truth, which, in this case, is the beer-drinking habit of the people. By this faith, that beer is a life preserver, the English live, and by this they die."

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