flotsam and jetsam

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• bits and bobs, bits and pieces, dribs and drabs, odds and ends, odds and sods, bric-a-brac
• dregs