cork jacket

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He had on his cork jacket and was saved, though he was ducked again and carried along swiftly by the tremendous current.

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 Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Dave sadly laid down the cork jacket and went out.

From Cowboy Dave by Webster, Frank V.

By May he is ascending at Singapore, armed here, however, with a cork jacket.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

A minute later he emerged from his cabin wearing a cork jacket and trousers over his pyjamas.

From Literary Lapses by Leacock, Stephen

Who'd care to swim in a cork jacket!

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various