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life-buoy

noun

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of life buoy.

    • Here now's the very dreaded symbol of grim death, by a mere hap, made the expressive sign of the help and hope of most endangered life. A life-buoy of a coffin!
    • The life-buoy is of value just in proportion to the speed with which it can be thrown over.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for life-buoy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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