finders, keepers; losers, weepers
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Also seen as: finders keepers (losers weepers)
Sense 1
Synonym of finders, keepers.
Người tìm thấy, người giữ; người mất, người khóc
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Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
The person who finds something gets to keep it
Examples
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “List of proverbial phrases” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “finders, keepers; losers, weepers” mean?
Synonym of finders, keepers.
Is “finders, keepers; losers, weepers” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.