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A person in a relationship who keeps someone he dated or some who likes him on the side in case things dont work out in his current relationship, so that he can have another person to replace his current bf/gf
charlie always keeps a lifeboat just in case his relationship doesnt work out and he would have someone else to run back to.
by salitsa February 25, 2008
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