Definition of flotsam and jetsam

flotsam and jetsam

• miscellaneous things.

  Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

noun

• I read a number of years ago that flotsam and jetsam meant miscellaneous things that washed up onto the shore from the ocean. I also heard the first word used to floatsom or possible floatsome.

  Not slang, see at Wikipedia: "In maritime law, flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict are specific kinds of shipwreck.

  Last edited on Apr 14 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 14 2014.

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