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• flot·sam — /ˈflɑːtsəm/ noun [noncount] : floating pieces, parts, etc., from a ship that has been wrecked flotsam washed up on the shore often used figuratively bits of flotsam gathered from yard sales human flotsam [=people who have no home o …   Useful english dictionary

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• flotsam — flot|sam [ flatsəm ] or flot|sam and jet|sam [ ,flatsəm ən dʒetsəm ] noun uncount 1. ) things that you find floating in the ocean or lying on the beach, especially parts of a ship that has sunk 2. ) things that are lying around a place in a messy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• flotsam — flot•sam [[t]ˈflɒt səm[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water Compare jetsam,lagan 2) refuse floating on water 3) useless or unimportant items; odds and ends 4) a vagrant population… …   From formal English to slang

• flotsam — flot|sam [ˈflɔtsəm US ˈfla: ] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : Anglo French; Origin: floteson, from Old French floter to float ] 1.) broken pieces of wood and other things from a wrecked ship, floating in the sea or scattered on the shore ▪ He would… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Flotsam — Flot sam, Flotson Flot son, n. [F. flotter to float. See {FFlotilla}, and cf. {Jetsam}.] (Law) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Flotson — Flotsam Flot sam, Flotson Flot son, n. [F. flotter to float. See {FFlotilla}, and cf. {Jetsam}.] (Law) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flotsam — flot·sam / flät səm/ n: floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo compare jetsam Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. flotsam …   Law dictionary

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