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Mae Wests

Mae Wests is the plural of Mae West.

Meaning of Mae West

Noun

Mae West (plural Mae Wests)

  1. (informal) A type of life jacket used by Allied forces in World War II having an inflatable rubber bag on the chest of the wearer.
    • The most successful form of shark repellent, according to US Naval Research Laboratory tests, was a combination of copper acetate and a dark nigrosine dye, and cakes of this mixture were apparently now attached to the Mae Wests of all the US Armed Forces.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 192

Questions about Mae Wests

What is Mae Wests the plural of?
Mae Wests is the plural of Mae West.

Words near Mae Wests in the dictionary

  1. madzoun
  2. Madí
  3. MAE
  4. Mae Hong Son
  5. Mae West
  6. Mae Wests
  7. maebari
  8. Maebashi
  9. Maecenas
  10. Maecenases
  11. Maecenasship

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