lost-and-found
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2.4
- noun
- /lɔst ənd faʊnd/
:
oficina de objetos perdidos
- But I got it back from the lost and found about two weeks later.
- lost-and-found box
- lost-and-found desk
- lost-and-found bin
Examples
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This item was left in the lost-and-found at the event last week.
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I'll bring it to the lost and found.
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Just take it to lost and found, Richard.
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We picked some things out from the lost and found for you.
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Take it to lost and found.
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This is the lost and found.
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Oh, Billy, I found this child's drawing in an old locker in the lost and found.
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The lost and found office was closed, but I pestered a ticket clerk until she opened the door and let me inspect every bin.
Fiction book (2001) -
I have left $300 at an ATM in a rush during the building's off-hours and retrieved it later at the lost-and-found.
Blog text (21) -
I borrowed a good-looking pair of sneakers from the lost-and-found bin behind Connie's desk and went into the gym.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A place at a station or airport where people leave bags for a short time
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lost-and-found comes from the simple words lost ('not with the owner') and found ('picked up after someone lost it'), like a sign you might see at a station or school. So a lost-and-found is the place where items that were lost and then found are kept until the owner returns.