Thursday word of the day : Flotsam

flotsam [flot-suhm]–noun

1.	the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water.

2.	material or refuse floating on water.

3.	useless or unimportant items; odds and ends.

4.	a vagrant, penniless population: the flotsam of the city slums in medieval Europe.