flotsam and jetsam

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flotsam and jetsam (uncountable)

1. (nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in water.
2. (nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
3. (figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items of little importance.
4. (figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.

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

5. Fragments of many things.

[edit] Synonyms

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