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SAFE bind, safe find
1546Dialogue of Proverbs
I
. iii. A4
Than catche and hold while I may, fast bind, fast fynde.
1573
Husbandry
(rev. ed)
II
. 8
Drie sunne, drie winde, safe bind, safe find.
1655
Church Hist. Britain
IV
. iv
Because sure binde, sure finde, he [Richard III] is said, and his Queen, to be Crowned again in York with great solemnity.
1890
John Vale's Guard
I. vi.
‘Safe bind, safe find,’ said Uncle Robert, locking the door and pocketing the key.
1937
Busman's Honeymoon
xx.
As I says to Frank Crutchley, safe bind, safe find, I says.
1947
Close Quarters
viii.
‘A careful man, the late head verger,’ remarked Hazlerigg. ‘Careful of his own and his master's property. Fast bind, fast find.’
gains and losses;
security
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