(US) A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
(US) A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
In such cases, the story is told to illustrate some main truth, which, in this case, is the beer-drinking habit of the people. By this faith, that beer is a life preserver, the English live, and by this they die.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(dated, UK) A short club with a weighted end.
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