Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - flotsam
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Flotsam
flotsam
noun Etymology: Anglo-French floteson, from floter to float, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flotian to float, flota ship Date: circa 1607 1. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; broadly floating debris 2. a. a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways) human ~ b. miscellaneous or unimportant material a notebook filled with ~ and jetsam c. debris, remains the village…built on the ~ of war — Stan Sesser
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n. wreckage found floating. Phrases and idioms flotsam and jetsam 1 odds and ends; rubbish. 2 vagrants etc. Etymology: AF floteson f. floter FLOAT FLOUNCE 1. v. & n. --v.intr. (often foll. by away, about, off, out) go or move with an agitated, violent, or impatient motion (flounced out in a huff). --n. a flouncing movement. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. imit., as bounce, pounce 2. n. & v. --n. a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt, dress, etc.; a frill. --v.tr. trim with a flounce or flounces. Etymology: alt. of earlier frounce fold, pleat, f. OF fronce f. froncir wrinkle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. плавающий груз, смытый с корабля или выброшенный в море во время кораблекрушения 2. плавающие обломки 3. мусор, плавающий на воде 4. свежая устричная икра Id: flotsam and jetsam —- обломки кораблекрушения; ненужные вещи, барахло, рвань; бездомные бродяги, отребье ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun выброшенный и плавающий на поверхности груз; плавающие обломки flotsam and jetsam - а) обломки кораблекрушения; б) ненужные вещи; в) бродяги; безработные; неприкаянные люди ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. Flotsam is rubbish, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the sea or has been left by the sea on the shore. The water was full of flotsam and refuse. N-UNCOUNT 2. 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. ...cornflake packets, bottles, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the kitchen. PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 broken pieces of wood, plastic etc from a wrecked ship floating in the sea or scattered on the shore (- compare jetsam) 2 also flotsam and jetsam people who do not have jobs or homes ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1607, from Anglo-Fr. floteson, from O.Fr. floter "to float" (of Gmc. origin) + -aison, from L. -ation(em). Spelled flotsen till mid-19c. when it altered under infl. of jetsam. In British law, flotsam are floating goods lost in a shipwreck; jetsam are things cast out of a ship in danger of being wrecked (and afterward washed ashore), or cast ashore by the sailors. Whatever sinks is lagan. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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