Meaning of jetsam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
   countable, uncountable
2. Discarded or leftover odds and ends.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.”

“They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.”

“STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.”

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