Cargo
Cargo noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
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Flotsam
Flotsam noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.
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Cargo and flotsam are semantically related in floating debris topic. You can use "Cargo" instead a noun "Flotsam".
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Cargo deliberately thrown from a moving vehicle is called "jetsam", and is legally distinct from "flotsam", which is floating wreckage from a crashed plane or sinking ship.
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Cargo cultist tribes live by collecting items from the surface world that reach the Hollow Earth as flotsam and jetsam or inside beached ships or crashed airplanes.
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Does Not Like Shoes: The natives ordinarily go barefoot, but in "Flustering Footwear Flotsam", a cargo box of shoes washes ashore.
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