Jetsam

noun

/ˈd͡ʒɛtsəm/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounArticles 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."

2.noun(by extension) discarded odds and ends

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

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