life jacket
Americannoun
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life jackets
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of life jacket
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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It started while I was helping my son search the attic for his life jacket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I started on my grandpa’s back, just floating down the creek with a life jacket on,” he told me during a recent phone interview from the Red Rock prison.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction to a collector for £670,000.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
I’m struggling in a black ocean, a life jacket across my chest, an anchor on my leg.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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