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Life jacket; film star
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mae west
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Mary Jane " Mae " West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. Known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres , and breezy ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of inflatable life jacket, 1940, military slang, in reference to the screen name of the buxom U.S. film star (1892-1980).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mae West \Mae West\ prop. n. [after Mae West (1892-1980) an actress with a well-developed bosom.] An inflatable life jacket, originally used as a personal flotation device by aviators downed at sea. Syn: air jacket.
Usage examples of mae west.
Snowden was lying on his back on the floor with his legs stretched out, still burdened cumbersomely by his flak suit, his flak helmet, his parachute harness and his Mae West.
She hit the release on her Personal Flotation Device, called a Mae West by all and sundry, and rolled up to the surface of the water.
He stood at the wing root as his airplane captain told him about the airplane, and simultaneously helped him properly fasten the personal gearthe Mae West inflatable life preserver, the survival gear pack, and a .
The limbs were massive yet gracious in their all-encompassing spread, and the roots went back to the Los Angeles of Jean Harlow and Mae West and W.
After she does herversion of Mae West, how much worse could he be?
I'm wearing my cranial, an abbreviated helmet with goggles, and my Mae West.
Presumably, inhabitants of this quasi-town earned their income from the Strip, as it was known (comparing it to the Las Vegas Strip would be akin to comparing Marie Osmond to Mae West), though we may also presume that they benefited from the proceeds of their traffic court: the reputation of the Colonial Pines speed trap stretched from Boston to Miami.
The pilot had come down and his Mae West automatically inflated on impact.
Hiram found himself laughing out loud at her unexpected Mae West intonations.