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Flotsam
Meaning
Noun
●
Debris
floating
in a
river
or
sea
,
in particular
fragments
from a shipwreck.
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Origin
flotsam
English
floteson
Anglo-Norman
flotaison
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
floter
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
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Etym
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Detritus
Wreckage
Silt
Debris
Filth
Excrement
Dross
Jetsam
Sludge
Effluence
Bilge
Rubble
Barnacles
Sediment
Dirt
Fetid
Turds
Chaff
Crud
Pond Scum
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