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Definitions for Flotsam
[1] the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
[2] material or refuse floating on water.
[3] useless or unimportant items; odds and ends.
[4] a vagrant, penniless population: the flotsam of the city slums in medieval Europe.
[5] wreckage from a ship found floating Compare jetsam (def. 1), lagan
[6] useless or discarded objects; odds and ends (esp in the phrase flotsam and jetsam )
[7] vagrants
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Words nearby Flotsam
flotation tank, flote grass, flotel, flotilla, flotow, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, flotus, flounce, flouncing, flouncy
Origin of Flotsam
1600–10; < Anglo-French floteson, derivative of floter to float < Old English flotian
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Word origin for Flotsam
C16: from Anglo-French floteson , from floter to float
Synonyms for Flotsam
cargo, jetsam, junk, wreckage, castoffs, odds and ends, sea-drift