jetsam
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/ˈd͡ʒɛtsəm/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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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flotsamshakingsjunksalvageshipbreakingwrecksalvageedeadworksstuffslop chestlabourscantlingsstrewagegodsendjerquingcargo jack