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lost and found

American  
Or lost-and-found

noun

  1. a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.


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Lost and found: $1 million in Spanish gold and silver coins near Florida coast.

From MarketWatch

But if that seems like an overwhelming abundance of riches, the Boss has kept you in his thoughts with “Lost and Found: Selections From The Lost Albums,” a single CD/2 LP release which whittles the tracklist down to only 20 songs, dealer’s choice.

From Salon

The final verdict on “Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums” is that it does a very good job of highlighting the records in the box set.

From Salon

Golf is the hook on which the story hangs, but it’s not really about golf, or even winning at it, but about anger and joy, being lost and found, wrecked and repaired, listening and learning, which applies in different degrees to each of the principal characters; everybody hurts.

From Los Angeles Times

Cash, credit cards, and doctor’s office cards — it would have been easy to leave it with the driver or at a random lost and found.

From Salon