jetsam

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛtsəm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: jet‧sam

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

1. 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.

2. (by extension) Discarded odds and ends.

   They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.

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