jetsam
noun/ˈdʒetsəm/
/ˈdʒetsəm/
- things that are thrown away from a ship at sea and that float towards land compare flotsamTopics Transport by waterc2Word Originlate 16th cent. (as jetson): contraction of jettison.
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