Flotsam-and-jetsam Definition

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(nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in water.

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(nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
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(figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.

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(figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.
The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.
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Flotsam-and-jetsam Sentence Examples

  • My childhood in Ireland was filled with images of London from films, TV and much more cultural flotsam and jetsam.

  • Among his books of poetry, Ranolf and Amolia, a South Sea Day Dream, is the best known (1872), and Flotsam and Jetsam (1877) is dedicated to Browning.

  • Passers-by would be encouraged to toss flotsam and jetsam into these gigantic bins, thereby performing the dual role of beach comber and artist.

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