(1) He set about interviewing the crossing-sweepers, Punch and Judy entertainers, sandwich-sellers, rag-gatherers, rat-killers, doll's-eye makers, thieves, prostitutes, beggars, and all the other pieces of human flotsam and jetsam that had washed up in the capital.
(2) For those sweet souls out there whose minds have remained unsullied by the flotsam and jetsam of the fashion world, I shall explain.
(3) Everybody knows that we shall not be detaining the Saudi paymasters of terror for 42 days; just as happened under internment, we shall be scraping up the flotsam and jetsam of communities.
(4) Even the agency admits, though, that there is much more work to do before everyone agrees with the judges at the International River Foundation , especially on the Thames's many urban and suburban tributaries – some of which still flow spasmodically through concrete pipes or over shopping trolleys and other modern jetsam.
(5) Beachcombers began to pick their way through the flotsam and jetsam thrown on to the shore.
(6) When we started out, we picked up all sorts of flotsam and jetsam.
(7) It’s one thing to spill your guts in your own book, but another to do so among the Z-list flotsam and jetsam in the CBB house.
Jetson
Definition:
(n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.
(n.) Jettison. See Jettison, 1.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Consumers are beginning to realise that this technology isn't an outlandish, futurist concept coming to life from The Jetsons but in fact can be used efficiently and effectively to solve everyday problems," says Alex Hawkinson, CEO of home automation company SmartThings.
(2) In August last year Turner Broadcasting moved to edit out scenes where smoking appeared to be condoned from 1,700 episodes of Hanna Barbera cartoons including Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo, the Jetsons and the Flintstones.
(3) It’s like something out of the 1980s futuristic cartoon show The Jetsons: floating commuter pods are propelled through low-pressure tubes at 760mph, faster than an average 747 jetliner.
(4) You will one day be replaced by the flying car, as promised by the Jetsons, Blade Runner and every sci-fi movie since 1950.
(5) "It was impossibly futuristic, with those Jetsons towers and an endless ceiling of multicoloured tiles, turning the sky into one big stained-glass window."
(6) This one is like a cross between a vintage Airstream caravan and a UFO as designed by the Jetsons.
(7) Star Trek videophones have become Skype, the Jetsons’ food-on-demand is materialising through 3-D printing, and we have done Jules Verne one better and explored mid-ocean trenches at crushing depths.