1. Plural of flotsum; wreckage or cargo that floats on the sea after a ship has sunk.
Usage: nautical; often used with 'jetsam' in the phrase 'flotsam and jetsam'
2. Miscellaneous or discarded items; odds and ends.
Usage: figurative; informal

Examples

• After the storm, flotsams from the shipwreck washed ashore on the beach.
• The harbor was filled with flotsams and jetsam from the damaged vessels.
• The attic was packed with flotsams from decades of family life.
• Divers searched through the flotsams to recover valuable cargo.
• The beach cleanup crew collected flotsams and other marine debris.
• Among the flotsams were old bottles, driftwood, and fishing nets.