Plate-carrier

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of bulletproof vest.
  2. 2
    A thin black frame used to hold a photographic plate in early cameras. historical

    "The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing."

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"The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing."

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