| 单词 | lost and found |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslost and found lost and found: designating a place where found articles are kept for collection, or an advertisement that announces them. Also as n.: a lost and found office; (in plural) lost(s) and founds: advertisements of found articles. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [noun] > types of press advertisement lost1762 lost(s) and founds1777 small advertisement1811 blind advertisement1842 want advertisementa1871 reading notice1872 small ad1875 want ad1892 classified1909 smalls1919 tombstone1948 tele ad1967 matrimonials1989 1777 Public Advertiser 14 Aug. 1/2 The Lost and Found Office. One certain, central Place, is now opened in Chancery-Lane..where every unfortunate Loser, and every generous Finder..may..immediately recover, or restore, every Kind of Property lost or found. 1818 ‘W. H. Scott’ Brit. Field Sports 337 Competitors who wish to hear news of them, may apply at the lost and found Office. 1852 J. B. Jones Spanglers & Tingles i. 47 ‘Maybe they can be found again,’ said Aunt Silvy, taking up the paper... ‘They would not be advertised so soon,’ said Mr. T... ‘I'm not looking for the losts and founds,’ said Aunt Silvy. 1859 Law Times 12 Nov. 83/1 The following advertisement appears daily in ‘the lost and found’ column of the Times. 1905 Munsey's Mag. 34 179/2 To get the child home—then..what? Advertise him in the lost-and-found columns?..Try to find his father? 1913 G. B. Dibblee Newspaper 126 The most important groups of classified advertising are as follows: financial, theatrical, public notices, losts and founds, educational. 1937 Life 1 Nov. 132/2 Dad Price, for 17 years a skate keeper at Oak Park, Portland, is a walking lost and found department. 1965 A. Ginsberg Let. 20 Aug. (2008) 307 We've found your notebook, if you'll come to lost and found with us and identify it we'll return it to you. 2007 R. Bachman Blaze 134 He and Blaze..opened it to the classified ads. John said that was the place to look. The lost and founds. < as lemmas |
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