jetsam
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English
Etymology
From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.
Pronunciation
Noun
jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)
- Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress.
- There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
- (by extension) Discarded odds and ends.
- They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.
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