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
Know where your life vest is all the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
Donning a life vest and a black cap, the Prince of Wales sat in a long narrow boat as he paddled with athletes from the British Dragons club on the Kallang river.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2023
They dressed her younger brother in a life vest and laughed.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
She jumped down the bank onto a little peninsula of mud, wrapped a too-small life vest around her neck, and climbed into the front of the canoe.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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