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- [flot-suh m and jet-suh m]
- /ˈflɒt səm ænd ˈdʒɛt səm/
- /ˈflɒt.səm ənd ˈdʒet.səm/
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- [flot-suh m and jet-suh m]
- /ˈflɒt səm ænd ˈdʒɛt səm/
Definitions of flotsam and jetsam words
- noun flotsam and jetsam the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan. 1
- noun flotsam and jetsam material or refuse floating on water. 1
- noun flotsam and jetsam useless or unimportant items; odds and ends. 1
- noun flotsam and jetsam a vagrant, penniless population: the flotsam of the city slums in medieval Europe. 1
- phrase flotsam and jetsam You can use flotsam and jetsam to refer to small or unimportant items that are found together, especially ones that have no connection with each other. 0
- noun flotsam and jetsam (nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in water. 0
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Origin of flotsam and jetsam
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
1600-10; < Anglo-French floteson, derivative of floter to float < Old English flotian
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Parts of speech for Flotsam and jetsam
noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flotsam and jetsam popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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noun flotsam and jetsam
- lagan — anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
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