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▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
▸ noun: A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
▸ noun: (by extension) A very thin person.
▸ noun: (by extension, botany) A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.
▸ noun: (nautical, chiefly whaling, historical) A small flag used as a signal.
▸ noun: Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
▸ noun: (informal, derogatory) A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.
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waifs and strays,
strayling,
walker,
waysider,
wane,
wastrel,
straggler,
wharf rat,
wauker,
walke-street,
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