waifs

Every twenty-four hours in the year Dr. Barnardo snatches nine waifs from the streets; so the enormous field he has to work in may be comprehended.

DRINK, TEMPERANCE, AND THRIFT 2010

So the little house was not bare, but made pleasant to their eyes by these waifs from the wreck, brought them by the tide of sympathy and good-will which soon set in.

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

Every twenty-four hours in the year Dr. Barnardo snatches nine waifs from the streets; so the enormous field he has to work in may be comprehended.

Drink, Temperance, and Thrift 1903

In chronicling what has transpired within his personal recollection at the National Metropolis, he has gathered what "waifs" he has found floating on the sea of chat, in the whirlpools of gossip, or in the quiet havens of conversation.

Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Benjamin Perley Poore 1853

In the midst of the "waifs" above enumerated, however, there was one not yet named, -- one that differed greatly from all the rest, -- and which, had it been seen by them, would have caused extreme surprise both to Ben

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

But for the fear of getting short in the necessary commodity of fresh water, they would have hugged the seashore a little longer -- in hopes of picking up a few more "waifs" from the wreck of the English ship.

The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

But "waifs" in journalism seem to be almost exclusively female, more evocative of the child on the

CJR 2009

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CJR 2009

But "waifs" in journalism seem to be almost exclusively female, more evocative of the child on the

CJR 2009

They would prefer their creators to be twinkle-toed waifs like Lionel Messi and Luka Modric, matinee idols like Cristiano Ronaldo and Francisco Totti, or brooding artists like Zinedine Zidane or Gheorghe Hagi.

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