Waif

Definition of waif:

part of speech: noun

Goods found and not claimed.

part of speech: noun

Anything found, or without an owner; a homeless wanderer; a foundling, or deserted child.

Usage examples for waif:

• Sensible of capacity, she confessed to the having been morally subdued, physically as well; swept onward; and she was arrested now by an accident, like a waif of the river- floods by the dip of a branch. "One of Our Conquerors, Complete", George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009.

• Why, now, when Joan was slipping into his life, a lonely waif of a girl in a black gown he hated, why must he think years back to that soft- eyed Irish girl and Brian? "Kenny", Leona Dalrymple.

• A little waif and stray in London, with only five shillings in his pocket! "A Little Hero", Mrs. H. Musgrave.