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Meaning of FLOTSAM

Pronunciation:  'flâtsum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the floating wreckage of a ship
 
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 Synonyms: jetsam
 
 See Also: wreckage

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Flot"sam\, Flotson \Flot"son\, n. [F. flotter to float.
See {FFlotilla}, and cf. {Jetsam}.] (Law)
Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in
distinction from jetsam or jetson. --Blackstone.
 

 

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