jetsam
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jetsam
- /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/
Where it comes from
From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.
noun jetsams
- Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
- Discarded or leftover odds and ends. They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.
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Talk about this word "jetsam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jetsam. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jetsam. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jetsam "jetsam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jetsam.Cite this
@misc{jetsam_2026,
title = {jetsam},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jetsam},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
