flotsam and jetsam






flotsam and jetsam

useless or discarded objects

Flotsam refers to the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea while jetsam is unwanted material thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore. The two nouns are seldom used independently, almost always appearing together in this phrase.




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