a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
"street children beg or steal in order to survive"
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.
A small flag used as a signal.
Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.