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flight suit

American  

noun

  1. a long-sleeved jumpsuit made of fire-resistant material, worn typically by members of an aircraft crew.


Example Sentences

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Instead, he was “a 36-year-old unshaven woolly-headed Guardsman in wrinkled flight suit and scuffed boots” facing “a cadre of handsome, young Marine officers—the President’s elite fliers: close-cropped, fresh-shaved, immaculate in tailored flight suits, spit-shined boots.”

From Literature

The passenger, in a helmet and bright orange flight suit, had parachuted down near a village in the Ural Mountains.

From Literature

He reached into a pocket of his flight suit, pulled out a map of his flight plan, ripped it to small pieces, and let them fall.

From Literature

I returned to Palo Alto in early September, with new eyeglasses, a prescription for the anti-emetic Zofran and a surplus-store flight suit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those who have met Victor say is the most charismatic of the quartet and the most sharply dressed, with designer brown leather boots making him look good even in an orange flight suit.

From BBC