jetsam
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson (See jettison.)
Noun [edit]
jetsam (uncountable)
- 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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