jetsam
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English
Etymology
From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/; enPR: jĕtˈ-səm
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: jet‧sam
Noun
jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)
- Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
- There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
- (by extension) Discarded or leftover odds and ends.
- They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.
- 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times:
- STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
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