flotsam
[noun]
Synonyms: debris, detritus, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, wreckage

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flot‧sam /ˈflɒtsəm $ ˈflɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: 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 walk along the beach collecting the flotsam and jetsam that had been washed ashore.

2. things that people no longer want and so throw away:
works of art made from the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life

3. people who are very poor and do not have jobs or homes:
Camps were set up to shelter the flotsam and jetsam of the war.

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flotsam
Floating wreckage from a shipwreck.

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