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Examples of jetsam
jetsam
Each bit of flotsam, every piece of jetsam, conjures a face, a voice, a touch.
From the washingtonpost.com
Back then, the pub was a magnet to the flotsam and jetsam of Dublin society.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
As you would expect, a skip of flotsam and jetsam is priced a little higher at $125.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Jetsam are goods that were thrown off a ship, which was in danger, to save the ship.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The same wind pattern blows in jellyfish and flotsam and jetsam from the Gulf Stream.
From the news-journalonline.com
They were strewn all over the pitch like jetsam and flotsam after a storm.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Space is now polluted with the flotsam and jetsam of a satellite-dependent civilization.
From the washingtonpost.com
Their gold crowns and orphaned earrings were mostly the flotsam and jetsam of lifetimes.
From the ocregister.com
There is a warehouse in Swanson rammed floor to rafters with second hand flotsam and jetsam.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
- Flotsam: the floating wreckage of a ship
- In maritime law, flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict describe specific kinds of wreck. Historically the words had specific nautical meanings, with legal consequences.
- Jetsam is a 2007 British film thriller, written and directed by Simon Welsford. It was shot in the English seaside resort town of Margate for the no-budget (in film terms) sum of u00A33,000 (about $5,700) and stars Alex Reid, Shauna Macdonald and Jamie Draven. The two-week shoot wrapped on 27 May 2006, and pre-production was completed nearly a year later, on 8 March 2007...
- Neopets (originally NeoPets) is a virtual pet website launched by Adam Powell and Donna Williams on 15 November 1999. Two years after the web site was launched, Adam Powell and Donna Williams sold a majority share to a consortium of investors led by Doug Dohring. ...
- Kerry Greenwood (born 17 June 1954 in Footscray, Victoria) is a solicitor from Melbourne, Australia. She is also the author of many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher. ...
- (Jetsams) are shark-like creatures, possibly related to the similarly aquatic Flotsam. They tend to be unfriendly and are powerful fighters.
- Those things that sink in the water - they don t float like flotsam.
- Objects that have been thrown overboard in order to lighten a ship when it is in trouble
