cork jacket
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But it was some sort of a cork jacket.
From Cowboy Dave by Frank V. Webster
Someone threw a cork jacket over the girl's shoulders, and bade her fasten its straps around her waist.
From The Stowaway Girl by Louis Tracy
Now that the work of the day was over Dave's mind went back to the scene of the morning, when he had handled his baby garments and the cork jacket.
From Cowboy Dave by Frank V. Webster
A cork jacket could be worn easier when rowing, and I would recommend it, but the thing of first importance is to have the right kind of boats, and know how to handle them.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
The plank was rent from him, but his cork jacket brought him up.
From Benita, an African romance by Henry Rider Haggard
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