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Jetsam or Jetson

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Goods cast into the sea to lighten a ship. (French, jeter, to cast out.) (See Flotsam and Ligan.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Jesse Tree
Jesse Window (A)
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Jesters
Jesuit
Jesus Paper
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Jettatura
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