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   flotsam

   /ˈflɒts(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea. Similar wreckagelost cargofloating remains
   • ▪ people or things that have been rejected or discarded as worthless: "the room was cleared of boxes and other flotsam" Similar debrisdetrituswastewaste matterdiscarded matterdrossrefuseremainsscraplumberodds and endsrubbishtrashgarbagemullockinformal:dreckjunkgrotgashvulgar slang:shitcrapdebitagerare:draffraffleraffcultchorts

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Anglo-Norman French floteson, from floter ‘to float’.

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