life vest

noun

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism

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life vest
noun
life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design [syn: life jacket]

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Example sentences

Children wearing a life vest are required to have an adult in the water with

them.

When shopping for a life vest, jacket or float coat, read the label carefully.

He pulled the inflation cords on his life vest and felt it lift him.

Make sure your participants are wearing their life vest at all times on the

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