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jetsam

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jetsam /ˈdʒɛts(ə)m/

▶noun unwanted objects that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore. Compare with flotsam.

– origin C16 (as jetson): contr. of jettison.

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