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
She and fellow survivors, signed the life jacket, leaving their signatures on the cream-coloured vest, which features 12 pockets and is fitted with shoulder rests and side straps.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
She tried not to think of the extra weight she carried—the parachute pack and the inflatable life jacket over her clothing.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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