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- noun Alternative spelling of
life jacket .
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Examples
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Leo Loeb, a bay boater and commander of the Green Bay Sail and Power Squadron, said wearing a lifejacket is the most important thing people can do to remain safe.
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She said failing to wear a lifejacket was the leading cause of boating fatalities.
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I always watch them in case the one day I don't is the day they launch a new kind of lifejacket, or a whole new way of operating the emergency exit doors over the wings, or similar; I'm quite convinced that taking 2 minutes to read that shiny card with improbable illustrations will save my life one day.
Greetings from Sunny Sweden ailbhe 2004
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I told Andre my chest was too burnt for a lifejacket.
Squall Susan Rukeyser 2012
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The GOP wave in the House spared few of the most vulnerable Democrats -- and seniority was no lifejacket.
After midterm wins, GOP vows to block Obama's agenda Dan Balz 2010
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David, your questions are as useful as a lifejacket when having fallen out of a boat.
How to Make Your Writing Matter to Your Readers | Write to Done 2009
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Another Italian man said that the last time he had seen his wife, Maria D'Introna, 30, she was leaping into the sea with a lifejacket to attempt the short swim to the rocky coast of Giglio.
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After wriggling into your lifejacket, you and your picnic are put into a canoe at an agreed spot along the river some people want to canoe all day, others for only a couple of hours, while any luggage is driven to the tipi to await your arrival.
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Another Italian man said that the last time he had seen his wife, Maria D'Introna, 30, she was leaping into the sea with a lifejacket to attempt the short swim to the rocky coast of Giglio.
Costa Concordia purser: 'I never lost hope of being saved' 2012
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But meanwhile ... episode's in a lifejacket and well damp.
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