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| flot·sam [ flótsəm ] |
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1. wreckage floating in sea: wreckage, debris, or refuse from a ship, found floating in the water. In maritime law, flotsam is what is found floating after a ship has sunk and jetsam is what was thrown from a ship while it was in trouble.
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2. marginalized people: people who live on the margins of society, e.g. homeless people
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| [Early 17th century. < Anglo-Norman floteson< floter "float" < Germanic] |
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flotsam and jetsam discarded objects or odds and ends
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