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Definition of Lifebelt
1. a buoyant belt for use in water [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifebelt
Literary usage of Lifebelt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"The man was slipping the lifebelt mind—to get away from the suction. off Phillips'
back. The band was still playing. I guess all He was a big man, too. ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"I helped to put a lifebelt on Mr. Frohman. My brother-in-law took hold of my hand
and I grasped the hand of Mr. Frohman, who, as you know, was lame. ..."
3. Swimming: With Lists of Books Published in English, German, French and Other by Ralph Thomas (1904)
"The seaman's friend [ie lifebelt] by w. H. Mallison [1804] pp44- Instead of ...
As the title lifebelt the 'swimming' is thrown in shows this is all about ..."
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