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Lagan

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Cargo or equipment thrown into the sea but attached to a float or buoy so that it can be recovered.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun-and-verb. See ligan.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See ligan.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered

Word Usage

"The subject of the present notice was picked up at sea, a child, and, under the provisions of maritime law concerning flotsam, jetsam, and lagan, was appropriated by the crew."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wreckage

Variant

ligan

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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