safety-valve — ozdic

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Sometimes followed by off:

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Sometimes followed by off:

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Sometimes followed by off:

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Alternative form of safety valve.

[…] I have often thought that it was a great error in our legislature when they consented to put down the public lotteries in England. I am convinced that they were beneficial, acting as safety-valves to the gambling spirit of the nation, and that their prohibition has been productive of much crime and misery.

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[…] I have often thought that it was a great error in our legislature when they consented to put down the public lotteries in England. I am convinced that they were beneficial, acting as safety-valves

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i Register

In some senses, safety-valve is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.