Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers may refer to:

Finders keepers, an adage that asserts that someone who has found an object can keep it. Often stated as a full rhyme: "Finders keepers, losers weepers".

In literature:
* "Finders Keepers?", a 2003 children's book by Robert Arnett
* "Finders Keepers" (book), a 1951 children's book by William Lipkind
* "Finders Keepers" (novel), a 1990 children's novel by Emily Rodda, basis for the television show "The Finder" (see below)

In television:
* "Finders Keepers" (1987 TV series), a U.S. children's game show
* "Finders Keepers" (UK TV series), a UK children's game show (1991-1998, 2006) based on the U.S. show
* "Finders Keepers" (1981 UK TV series), a UK children's game show (1981-1985) hosted by Richard Stilgoe
* "The Finder", an Australian children's show also known as "Finder Keepers"

In film:
* "Finders Keepers" (1966 film), a film starring Cliff Richard
** "Finders Keepers", the soundtrack album by Cliff Richard, and the title song
* "Finders Keepers" (1984 film), a comedy film starring Michael O'Keefe and Beverly D'Angelo
* "Finders Keepers" (1952 film), a film starring Evelyn Varden

In music:
* Finders Keepers (band), a UK band featuring future members of Trapeze
* "Finders Keepers" (Beach Boys song)
* "Finders Keepers", a song by Chairmen of the Board

In games:
* "Finders Keepers" (computer game), a 1985 video game, first in the Magic Knight series

In other uses:
* Finders Keepers Crew, a group of street artists from London

ee also

* "Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!", a film by Russ Meyer


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  • finders keepers — (informal) Those who find something are entitled to keep it • • • Main Entry: ↑find * * * finders keepers (losers weepers) informal used, often humorously, to assert that whoever finds something by chance is entitled to keep it * * * finders… …   Useful english dictionary

  • finders\ keepers — • finders keepers • finders keepers, losers weepers informal those who find lost things can keep them. Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. I don t have to give it back; it s finders keepers. Finders… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • Finders keepers. — (losers weepers). something that you say when you find something that belongs to someone else and decide you are going to keep it. Finders keepers, he said, putting the money away in his pocket …   New idioms dictionary

  • finders keepers — ► finders keepers (losers weepers) informal whoever finds something is entitled to keep it. Main Entry: ↑finder …   English terms dictionary

  • Finders Keepers — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Cinéma 2 Littérature 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Finders Keepers? — Infobox Book name = Finders Keepers? title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of Finders Keepers? author = Robert Arnett illustrator = Smita Turakhia cover artist = Smita Turakhia country = United States language = English series = subject …   Wikipedia

  • finders keepers — or[finders keepers, losers weepers] {informal} Those who find lost things can keep them. Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. * /I don t have to give it back; it s finders keepers./ * /Finders keepers,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • finders keepers — or[finders keepers, losers weepers] {informal} Those who find lost things can keep them. Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. * /I don t have to give it back; it s finders keepers./ * /Finders keepers,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • finders\ keepers,\ losers\ weepers — • finders keepers • finders keepers, losers weepers informal those who find lost things can keep them. Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. I don t have to give it back; it s finders keepers. Finders… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • finders keepers losers weepers — finders keepers (losers weepers) used especially in children s speech to say that you can keep what you have found and do not need to give it back to the person who has lost it • • • Main Entry: ↑finder finders keepers (losers weepers) see… …   Useful english dictionary

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