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waif noun

  /weɪf/
  • (Britain, law, archaic) 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.
isännätön esine, isännätön tavara
  • A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
katulapsi
  • Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
löytö
  • (by extension) A very thin person.
ruipelo
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