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Definition of Flotsams
1. flotsam [n] - See also: flotsam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flotsams
Literary usage of Flotsams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History by Association of American Law Schools (1908)
"151, 171, 223, 241, as to share in flotsams, &c. As to the fees appertaining to
the admiral in the time of Sir Thomas Beaufort, see Roscoe's Ad. Prac. ..."
2. Italian Romance Writers by Joseph Spencer Kennard (1906)
"How memorable the scene with the lost woman, where these two flotsams of society,
these two sinners, kneel side by side and pray! ..."
3. Southern California Quarterly by Los Angeles County Pioneers of Southern California, Historical Society of Southern California (1884)
"... through vast flotsams, made up of farm products and farming implements, and
the carcasses of horses, sheep and cattle, all drifting out to sea. ..."
4. The Eighteen Christian Centuries by James White (1890)
"They were, therefore, lords of the manor, looking after their rights, their waifs
and strays, their flotsams and ..."
5. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1883)
"... without let or hindrance; so, after the godsend of a heavy sou'-west gale,
the carts and carters are again to the fore, and the flotsams and ..."
6. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1860)
"... and leisure, and money, and above all kind hearts, who will look after the
interests of these diminutive waifs and strays— these small flotsams and ..."
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