life vest
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of life vest
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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I’m a hospice physician, and it’s at junctures like this that I can offer a life vest that completely changes the end-of-life experience.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025
Bandleader Willie Colón, desperate to toss a life vest to the prized yet floundering singer, asked Panamanian singer-composer Rubén Blades to lend a song that could rescue Lavoe’s career.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
They dressed her younger brother in a life vest and laughed.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
Parents have had that big message that childhood success is about getting a child into a good school that can act as a life vest in a sea of economic uncertainty.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2023
She reached into one of the cabinets for a life vest.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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