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Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it
keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it
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used to suggest that if one holds on to something for a long enough time, one will eventually find a purpose or a use for it
Proverb
Example
My grandmother never threw anything away - she believed in the old saying that if you keep a thing seven years, you'll eventually find a use for it.
