| 单词 | lost property |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslost property lost property n. lost articles found but not claimed; so lost property department, lost office, an office dealing with (the disposal of) lost property. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > lost property lost property1844 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxii. 340 The Governor..saw the value which I set upon the lost property. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 55 His lost property office secondhand waterproof. 1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. vi. 156 He was only calling on the lost property department to leave a lady's bag. 1941 V. Nabokov Real Life S. Knight (1945) x. 86 She fails to get the..job in the lost property office. 1959 Manch. Guardian 7 Aug. 12/2 A home-made double bass..will be included in a lost property sale. 1971 ‘A. Garve’ Late Bill Smith ii. 49 Everyone with any kind of problem was bringing it to Sue. She was harbour-master, postmaster, nurse, lost property office. < as lemmas |
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