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Flotsam and jetsam
The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
📖 Definitions of "Flotsam and jetsam"
noun
- 1
The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
- 2
That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
- 3
A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
- 4
People considered to be of little worth.
"The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club."
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