Meaning of life-preserver | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“Here is a life-preserver, meant to be thrown into the sea when a sailor falls overboard.”

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

“But when I gave him every particular that had occurred, he tried to bluster, and took down a life-preserver from the wall. I knew my man, however, and I clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike⟳.”

“Swimming frantically, each with one arm, we waited for the boat to turn⟳ and rescue⟳ us. About five minutes passed. Shorty, on the drifting boat, sixty yards away now, was futilely throwing life-preservers toward us.”

“I was so happy to see⟳ them! It was like⟳ being thrown a life-preserver in the middle of the ocean.”

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