barn find
barn find · barn finds
A valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed,…A valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed, etc., where it had been more or less forgotten; especially a vintage automobile.
» On entering the barn, he found a missing bike.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed, etc., where it had been more or less forgotten; especially a vintage automobile.
Examples
2 sentencesOn entering the barn, he found a missing bike.
Gunter searched the barn and found the dead ewe.