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    flotsam

    flotsam - Dictionary definition and meaning for word flotsam

    Definition
    (noun) the floating wreckage of a ship
    Synonyms : jetsam
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flotsam

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FLOaTing-SAMan (saman,things)

Seems very similar to something that is floating. Float (FLOT) & some(SAM). So, flotsam means some thing that is floating specially some parts of a ship.

imagine sam as a person on a ship that has been wreked by the currents and imagine the rescue boats shouting from a distance saying float sam and come here near teh rescue boat

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