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Lifeline   /lˈaɪflˌaɪn/   Listen
noun
lifeline  n.  
1.
The anem given to one of the creases on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long one will live.
Synonyms: line of life, life line.
2.
A line or rope which raises or lowers a deep-sea diver.
3.
A line from a vessel that people in a body of water can cling to to save themselves from drowning.





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"Lifeline" Quotes from Famous Books



... reeking pigsty with three full-sized occupants. The passage to it from the saloon on the upper deck was often a perilous one in rough weather and on dark nights, for there was never any light showing on board at night during the whole cruise. Occasionally a lifeline was rigged along the well deck to the poop quarters, a by no means unnecessary precaution. The prize crew had quarters on the starboard side under the poop; they were exceedingly small, cramped, and in every ...
— Five Months on a German Raider - Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' • Frederic George Trayes


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