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sheet anchor

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We have trusted to it as to the sheet-anchor of our safety, in the stormy times of conflict with a foreign or domestic foe.

The Germans regarded him and his humane doctrine as their sheet-anchor of safety.

But a considerable number of the latter had served for years on board of men-of-war, and a few were sheet-anchor men.

But in "all the changes and chances of this mortal life" this household had a sure sheet anchor on which to depend.

To this famous theory, which became the sheet-anchor of the empirical school, Stewart is not altogether opposed.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sheet anchor, such as: benefits, buffer, government aid, insurance, level of economic security guaranteed by government, and parachute.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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