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noun
goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.
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Jetsam
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Then it adds a roof, inlaid with feathers, quills and other pieces of decorative flotsam and jetsam.
- They were good enough to be ranked in preseason polls, but not any higher than the flotsam and jetsam of post-season candidates.
- The flotsam and jetsam would go to the highest bidder.
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Word Origin & History
jetsam
1570, alteration of M.E. jetteson "act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship," from Anglo-Fr. getteson (see jettison). Form perhaps influenced by flotsam. For distinction of meaning, see flotsam.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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