All jetsam synonyms
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J j noun jetsam
- odds and ends — miscellaneous items, matters, etc.
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- flotsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
- debris — Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
- detritus — Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.
- junk — narcotics, especially heroin.
- rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- cargo — The cargo of a ship or plane is the goods that it is carrying.
- wreckage — act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.
- castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- dogie — a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- fetch — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- foundling — an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- orphan — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
- stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- urchin — a mischievous boy.