waifs

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plural of waif
waifs and strays
(deyim) People with no homes

Her house is always full of waifs and strays.

waifs and strays
neglected and abandoned, lost and left behind
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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
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A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child

Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing--my, but how stupid he was!.

waif
a homeless, neglected wanderer
waif
{n} goods that are found lost and not claimed
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a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
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If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live. a dirty-faced waif of some five or six years
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Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance
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a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive
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{i} homeless or abandoned person (especially a child); young person who seems to be needy because of his/her thin feeble appearance; stray animal; cast-off or neglected items
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