Finders keepers, losers weepers
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"Finders keepers, losers weepers" is an old adage that will be familiar to anyone who has lost something and seen it fall into someone else's hands.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2017
It looked as if the old jingle ought to be changed from "Finders keepers, losers weepers" to "Losers keepers, finders weepers."
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
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