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- noun Alternative spelling of
life belt .
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Examples
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The Red Un, waking full, now remembered that he hated the Chief; for fear he did not hate him enough, he recalled the lifebelt, and his legs, and the girl laughing.
Love Stories Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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In today's economically turbulent times, new car buyers want the security of a "lifebelt", according to Chevrolet UK managing director Mark Terry.
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That he is to be given a plum job in government and a seat in the House of Lords to boot shows a desperate Prime Minister hard at work in devaluing the currency of probity, honesty and integrity in public life as well as clinging to the lifebelt.
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A photo was the second chance, the lifebelt to the drowning, the temporary reprieve from torn-up tickets and anti-climax.
The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010
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That he is to be given a plum job in government and a seat in the House of Lords to boot shows a desperate Prime Minister hard at work in devaluing the currency of probity, honesty and integrity in public life as well as clinging to the lifebelt.
Archive 2008-09-28 2008
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Hoping that someone will fortuitously come along and throw a huge lifebelt into the water is really the counsel of despair.
Archive 2007-08-26 2007
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Hoping that someone will fortuitously come along and throw a huge lifebelt into the water is really the counsel of despair.
Referendum News 2007
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Notwithstanding that a lifebelt has been chucked into the sea by the Sir Menzies Campbell, who has shamefully thrown his lot in with Gordon Brown, the TUC has voted decisively in favour of a referendum being held, albeit for reasons that differ radically from the mainstream objections to the Constitution Mark II.
Referendum News 2007
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Hugging the equator, these rainforests are literally the planet's lifebelt.
Justin Mundy: The Security Implications of Climate Change 2009
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Notwithstanding that a lifebelt has been chucked into the sea by the Sir Menzies Campbell, who has shamefully thrown his lot in with Gordon Brown, the TUC has voted decisively in favour of a referendum being held, albeit for reasons that differ radically from the mainstream objections to the Constitution Mark II.
Archive 2007-09-09 2007
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