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Jetsam

//ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. countable, uncountable

    "There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris."

  2. 2
    the floating wreckage of a ship wordnet
  3. 3
    Discarded or leftover odds and ends. broadly, countable, uncountable

    "They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust."

  4. 4
    the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.

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