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life jacket

noun

a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.

life jacket

an inflatable sleeveless jacket worn to keep a person afloat when in danger of drowning

First recorded in 1865–70

Maclean watches the small explosion in the water—a leg, a ski, a life jacket.

From early morning, the passengers are astir—each one entrammelled in a life-jacket that reminds them continually of danger.

The boat was shoved back, the life-jacket was transferred to Guy, and the boatman was put ashore.

He forced himself to relax, let the life jacket support him.

With this life jacket on I could swim round the Horn, declared Sam confidently.

Slipping into my life-jacket, I groped my way to my station on deck.

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