English to German Meaning of jetsam - Strandgut

Jetsam :

Strandgut

Jetsam :: Strandgut

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Definitions of jetsam in English

Noun(1) the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm(2) the floating wreckage of a ship

Examples of jetsam in English

(1) Tony Williams is a pitiful wretch, on the jetsam on the shore of the Anacostia.(2) The women were blonde because they were hairdressers, not jet-set jetsam .(3) But like lefties everywhere, clinging to whatever jetsam keeps us afloat, I believe every revolution ere now was betrayed.(4) Liberation simply travels, picking up junk and jetsam along the way, discarding it somewhere downstream, and rambling on.(5) Of these, the real scene-stealer is the good old-fashioned jetsam .(6) Flotsam and jetsam drifted from the yacht, some having already washed ashore.(7) I love how when you look up flotsam in the dictionary it says jetsam .(8) there was plenty of good kindling among the jetsam on the beach(9) I tell him I don't know what either flotsam or jetsam mean beyond their colloquial connotations.(10) While this may require more filtering to remove jots of jetsam , it is neither too salty due to constant mixing with sea-water, nor too earthy, due to proximity to soil.(11) Preston's troupe preferred to circumvent the chaotic jetsam of the central areas by focusing their efforts on the flanks.(12) But others have realized that something could be made of the jetsam .(13) the jetsam of technology(14) Scuba girl grabs a handful of abrasive jetsam , rubs it in the zombie's face, and makes her escape.(15) I think that's one of the reasons I love my matchbook collection - these ordinary bits of jetsam are exactly today what they were back then.(16) Those years and four children later, I was among the jetsam of my husband's midlife crisis.

Related Phrases of jetsam

(1) flotsam and jetsam ::

Strandgut

Related Phrases of jetsam

(1) flotsam and jetsam ::

Strandgut

Synonyms

Noun

1. flotsam ::

Treibgut

Different Forms

jetsam

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