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Definition 2024

finders_keepers

finders keepers

English

Proverb

finders keepers

Whoever finds something is allowed to keep it.

Translations

whoever finds something is allowed to keep it

Arabic: من سبق لبق
Esperanto: getrovantoj, gegardantoj
Finnish: löytäjä saa pitää (fi)
French: trouver, c’est garder
Icelandic: sá á fund sem finnur (is)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: finner'n er vinner'n (finneren er vinneren)

Nynorsk: finnaren er vinnaren
Portuguese: achado não é roubado

Usage notes

Often "finders keepers, losers weepers"