Life-buoy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Alternative form of life buoy. alt-of, alternative
"The honorable member would however, appear to have been imbued with the spirit of Prophecy, for the contempt he so much dreaded, has fallen on the party to which he belonged, sinking the Tories to a depth that renders it beyond the power of the most gigantic talent to replace them in their former position, or restore the corruption and boroughmongering, so long the life-buoy of a dissolute ministry."
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More examples"The honorable member would however, appear to have been imbued with the spirit of Prophecy, for the contempt he so much dreaded, has fallen on the party to which he belonged, sinking the Tories to a depth that renders it beyond the power of the most gigantic talent to replace them in their former position, or restore the corruption and boroughmongering, so long the life-buoy of a dissolute ministry."
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