Definition of "lifebelt" [lifebelt]

• Alternative spelling of life belt. (noun)

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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."
• "In today's economically turbulent times, new car buyers want the security of a "lifebelt", according to Chevrolet UK managing director Mark Terry."
• "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."