See Also: flotsam(dictionary)
flotsam(dictionary)
Flotsam - Sailing(gambling)
FLOTSAM, or FLOTSAN(law)

flotsam (iou)



flotsam noun. . E17.
[Anglo-Norman floteson, from floter FLOAT verb. For the form cf. JETSAM; cf. also LAGAN, WAVESON.]
Law. Wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the surface of the sea. Usu. assoc. with JETSAM. E17.
Timber etc. washed down by a stream. Orig. dial. E19.
transf. & fig. Things (or persons) discarded as worthless. M19.
R. Buchanan A mania for buying all sorts of flotsam and jetsam. P. Gallico The flotsam of bums, drifters and down-and-outers.
Newly ejected oyster-spawn. L19.