sheet anchor
Example Sentences
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Yet, Jane — Tomalin calls her “the true heroine of this story” — remained the sheet anchor of his life, as well as his typist.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021
In summer he manages his two dairy farms, calls them "a sheet anchor against inflation."
From Time Magazine Archive
I would first furl all and run under the storm forestay sail, unfid the topmasts going in, and have a long range of both bower cables on deck, and the sheet anchor ready.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
"But Lewis can say, as he did before, that he won't help them if harm comes to us," I persisted, unwilling to abandon this sheet anchor of hope.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Avery, Harold
He knew the ship had three masts and a sheet anchor.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
