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• (foundling)- an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a
known parent or guardian, ( - - , - ); Society
shrinks from an obscure foundling, a prizefighter, a leg, a hell-keeper, and an
usurer. — Henrietta Temple A Love Story;
jettison^ jetsam = flotsam
• (jettison)- to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft
or to improve its stability in an emergency, (
); In addition to literally "throwing overboard,"
"jettison" means simply "to get rid of." — Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day;
• (jetsam)- goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or
improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are
washed ashore, (
, );
He came out from that brown mass of human flotsam and jetsam on the
Sunday afternoon following his conversion, and told them what had
happened to him. — From the Bottom Up;
• flotsam and jetsam – ( )
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• (flotsam)- the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on
the water, ( ); He was pulling at
something heavier than the ordinary flotsam -- something far below the
surface of the water. — The Landloper;
hermitage > hermit = recluse = solitary = solitudinarian = troglodyte
{caveman}
• (hermitage)- the habitation of a hermit, ( ; ); In times
past, the hermitage was a place, not only of religious retirement, but of burial.
— Eugene Aram — Complete;
• (hermit)- a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of
religious seclusion, ( , , ); Satan joins Him in the
disguise of a hermit, and the whole temptation proceeds according to
Scripture. — Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters;
• (recluse)- a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for
religious meditation, ( , , ); There he remained as
a recluse, and waited for the doors to open. — Memorials of the Faithful;
• (solitary)- alone; without companions; unattended, ( , , );
He was solitary, soured, cold, with a heart of stone, and fully conscious of his
personal unpopularity. — Great Fortunes and How They Were Made;