flotsam and jetsam

Speech parts

1. flotsam and jetsam - Noun

2. flotsam and jetsam - Phrase

Meaning

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

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

(figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

lagan debris rubble junk detritus dross grot wreckage dregs flotsam odds and ends mullock bits and pieces sundries dreck
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Examples

But here we have it – there are those squatters at Success, on the East Coast of Demerara, who insist they just don’t have anywhere to go to put their heads down but those flimsy hovels they created out of flotsam and jetsam seemingly washed ashore. Source: Internet

Hang them on doors or walls to store shoes, umbrellas, dog leashes, all the flotsam and jetsam of life. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

flotsam and jetsam

Close letter words and terms

flotilla of war vessels flotillin flotsam flotson flotten Flottum