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Lifeline   /lˈaɪflˌaɪn/   Listen
Lifeline

noun
1.
A crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live.  Synonyms: life line, line of life.
2.
Support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection).  "She offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"
3.
Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver.
4.
Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning.





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"Lifeline" Quotes from Famous Books



... the entire 195 miles. The proposal, refined since its initial mention in the Interim Report, is a major one—but so, as we have seen, is the need it is designed to meet. This main reach of the flowing river, the Basin's hydrologic and scenic lifeline, is greatly menaced by rapid and inappropriate development along its banks, and through most of its length it is hard for people to reach. It has unique majesty and beauty and both historic and symbolic ...
— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior
... Sally," said Laddie. "Her face is oval, and her cheeks are bright. Her eyes are big moonlit pools of darkness, and silken curls fall over her shoulders. One hair is strong enough for a lifeline that will draw a drowning man ashore, or strangle an unhappy one. But you will not see her. I'm purposely sending you early, so you can do what you are told and come back to me before she even ...
— Laddie • Gene Stratton Porter


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