1) Abandoned child 2) Abandoned tot 3) Child 4) Child of the streets 5) Dickensian child 6) Dickensian child, often 7) Dog without a collar 8) Forsaken child 9) Foundling 10) Gamin 11) Gamine 12) Gutter urchin 13) Homeless child 14) Homeless kid 15) Homeless tot 16) Kate Moss 17) Kate moss type 18) Little lost lamb
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1) Arab 2) Imp 3) Orphan
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A waif (from the Old French guaif, `stray beast`) is a living creature removed, by hardship, loss or other helpless circumstance, from its original surroundings. The most common usage of the word is to designate a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, or someone whose appearance is evocative of the same. As such, the term is similar to a ragamuf.....
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• (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. • (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance...
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Waif noun [ Old French
waif ,
gaif , as adj., lost, unclaimed,
chose gaive a waif, Late Latin
wayfium ,
res vaivae ; of Scand. origin. See
Waive .]
1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued ...
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Waifs are goods thrown away by a thief in his flight.
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Waif is Dorset slang for a straggling wisp of hair.
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[
n] - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
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street child noun a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; `street children beg or steal in order to survive`
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[Literary terms] a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
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[SAT terms] a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
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[Literary terms] a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
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