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Jetsam:
Goods deliberately thrown into the sea to lighten a vessel in a storm or wreck.
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- ship's discarded cargo: cargo or equipment that either sinks or is washed ashore after being thrown overboard to lighten the load of a ship in distress.
- discarded things: things that have been discarded as useless or unwanted
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