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Flak jacket - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Bandage, Bark, Binder, Binding, Blazer, Blouse, Bolero, Bonnet, Bookbinding, Bookcase, Boot, Bran, Breech, Cap
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A man wearing a jacket
For jacket in computer programming, see jacket function or jacket routine.

A jacket is a light coat.

A flak jacket is a MILSPEC jacket used by troops in wartime conditions. They were supposed to protect the body from shrapnel from 'flak' (fliegerabwehrkanone - WWII German 88 mm anti-aircraft guns) much like body armor, but were extremely poor at this.

See also: dust jacket, water jacket

Example Usage of jacket

Itkpcs: Want this thick grey jacket?......RT @hypnoticflow: Enjoying this workshop but wish I wasn't so cold blooded ((shiver))
oldstarnewshine: MY TWILIGHT jacket IS HEEEEEEEEEEEERE
coffeenutbitch: http://bit.ly/4ftvEg jacket, i covert you.
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