cork jacket
Example Sentences
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He drew a deep breath, turned back into his stateroom, and put on a cork jacket.
From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo
Dave sadly laid down the cork jacket and went out.
From Cowboy Dave by Webster, Frank V.
To marry that young lady—I don't like to speak her name even—is about as difficult as to dive in a cork jacket or keep a smelt in a net.
From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger
The plank was rent from him, but his cork jacket brought him up.
From Benita, an African romance by Haggard, Henry Rider
He sees the coxswain in his cork jacket kneeling over Captain Harry.
From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph
