"finders, keepers" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Audio: en-au-finders, keepers.ogg
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  1. Whoever finds something is allowed to keep it. Wikipedia link: finders, keepers Derived forms: finders, keepers, losers, weepers Translations (whoever finds something is allowed to keep it): من سبق لبق (Arabic), bèar binnet haltet (Cimbrian), getrovantoj, gegardantoj (Esperanto), löytäjä saa pitää (Finnish), löytäjä pitää (Finnish), trouver, c’est garder (French), qui trouve garde (French), wer's findet, darf's behalten (German), כָּל הַקּוֹדֵם זוֹכֶה (kol haqodém zoché) (Hebrew), (minden) azé, aki megtalálja (Hungarian), sá á fund sem finnur (Icelandic), an té a fuair is dó is cóir (é) (Irish), chi lo trova se lo tiene chi lo perde lo rimpiange (Italian), finner'n er vinner'n (finneren er vinneren) (Norwegian Bokmål), finnaren er vinnaren (Norwegian Nynorsk), znalezione, nie kradzione (Polish), achado não é roubado (Portuguese), Что упало, то пропало. (Što upalo, to propalo.) (Russian), den som tar den får den (Swedish), kim bulduysa onundur (Turkish), mal bulanındır (Turkish)
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          "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
          "word": "من سبق لبق"
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          "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
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          "word": "sá á fund sem finnur"
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          "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
          "word": "an té a fuair is dó is cóir (é)"
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          "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
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          "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
          "word": "achado não é roubado"
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          "roman": "Što upalo, to propalo.",
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          "word": "Что упало, то пропало."
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          "word": "kim bulduysa onundur"
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "כָּל הַקּוֹדֵם זוֹכֶה"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "sá á fund sem finnur"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "an té a fuair is dó is cóir (é)"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "chi lo trova se lo tiene chi lo perde lo rimpiange"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "finner'n er vinner'n (finneren er vinneren)"
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "finnaren er vinnaren"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "znalezione, nie kradzione"
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "achado não é roubado"
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      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "den som tar den får den"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "whoever finds something is allowed to keep it",
      "word": "kim bulduysa onundur"
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