flotsam and jetsam
English
Noun
flotsam and jetsam (uncountable)
- (nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in water.
- (nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
- (figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
- (figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.
- The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.
Synonyms
- (random assortment): bits and bobs, bits and pieces, dribs and drabs, odds and ends, odds and sods, bric-a-brac
- (items or persons of little worth): dregs