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Noun

flotsam and jetsam ( uncountable )

1. ( nautical ) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in water.
2. ( figurative ) A collection of miscellaneous items of little importance.
3. ( figurative ) People considered to be of little worth.

   The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.

4. fragments of many things

Synonyms

• (2): bits and bobs, bits and pieces, odds and ends, odds and sods
• (3): dregs

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Morse Code		flotsam and jetsam
Hex		66 6c 6f 74 f3 e1 ed a0 e1 ee e4 a0 6a 65 74 f3 e1 ed
Pig Latin		otsamflay andway etsamjay

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