lifebuoy

See also: life-buoy and life buoy

English

Noun

lifebuoy (plural lifebuoys)

  1. Alternative spelling of life buoy
    • 1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar:
      The gray rock mocked me, bobbing on the water easy as a lifebuoy.
    • 2001, Yann Martel, Life Of Pi:
      There was a lifebuoy in the boat with a rope tied to it.
    • 2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 156:
      'News?' Andy said, reaching for the lifebuoy of the coffee pot.
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