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lost-and-found

n. repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them

Usage examples of "lost-and-found".

Maintenance gave him a share of the lost-and-found and split the leftover booty from the promotional events-goody bags filled with cosmetics, CDs, T-shirts, bomber jackets, wrist-watches, etc.

It directed him along to a stall at the far side of the lobby, which turned out to be a sort of combination labor exchange and lost-and-found.