mae west in English

noun
1
an inflatable life jacket, originally as issued to pilots during World War II.
Over the clothing we wore a Mae West , then the British parachute and, on top of that lot, came the quick-release Sutton harness.

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1. An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. Mae West 

2. Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”. Mae West 

3. One of the most famous examples of Anthropomorphic form in design is the Coca-Cola “contour” or “Mae West” bottle

4. 26 Don't cry for a man who's left you- - the next one may fall for your smile. Mae West 

5. November 23, 1980 Mae West, Stage and Movie Star Who Burlesqued Sex, Dies at 87 Special to the New York Times

6. Humorously coarse; lewd or risqué: "[Mae West] became known for her humorous Bawdy, suggestive performances and wisecracks" (Pam Cornelison & Ted Yanak).

7. The retrospective was billed as a tribute to Hollywood’s “naughtiest, Bawdiest year,” a nod to the looming shadow of the Production Code and to the salty prominence of the year’s biggest star, Mae West, whose She Done Him Wrong and I’m No Angel set records even in supposedly straitlaced communities

8. Brown and George Raft, Canoodled with screen seductress Mae West, chitchatted on the wireless with Antarctic explorer Richard Byrd, earned round-the-clock security protection after a feared kidnapping attempt, shook off a blow to the skull that sent him to a hospital, hectored opposing pitchers, mugged before dozens of cameras, and woofed into