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Flotsam and jetsam

The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.

📖 Definitions of "Flotsam and jetsam"

noun
  1. 1

    The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.

  2. 2

    That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).

  3. 3

    A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.

  4. 4

    People considered to be of little worth.

    "The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club."

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