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Noun
waif
street child
Definition: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
Definition: Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
Definition: A small flag used as a signal.
Definition: Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
Definition: A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.
Verb
Definition: To be cast aside or rejected, and thus become a waif.