flotsam

noun /ˈflɒtsəm/

1. Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

   countable, uncountable

   STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry flotsam (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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