Waif
Definition of waif:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
Anything found, or without an owner; a homeless wanderer; a foundling, or deserted child.
Usage examples for waif:
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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.