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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
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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