flak jacket

noun

U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
a protective vest, especially one that is bulletproof.

flak jacket

noun

a reinforced sleeveless jacket for protection against gunfire or shrapnel worn by soldiers, policemen, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flak jacket¹

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

I’ve been in Arizona politics for 15 years, and every year there’s always a border crisis and every governor will throw on a flak jacket, get in an SUV, and then tour the border with aviators on and call himself a tough guy.

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He was bare armed under a protective jacket a jail official termed “a kind of flak jacket.”

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Why wasn't he asking me what I, a white girl with a flak jacket, was doing crossing into Syria?

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You can make emergency plans: bring your helmet and flak jacket, get to high ground, or get out of Dodge.

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I had been using the Nikon as a mental flak jacket and not a tool to record.

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