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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sleeveless jacket or vest that is filled with buoyant material and used as a life preserver.
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- noun an article of
protective clothing that isdesigned to keep thewearer 'shead floating above thesurface of thewater .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design
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