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waif
[ weyf ]
noun
- a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- something found, especially a stray animal, whose owner is not known.
- a very thin, often small person, usually a young woman.
- a stray item or article:
to gather waifs of gossip.
- Nautical. waft ( def 8 ).
waif
/ 飞别瑟蹿 /
noun
- a person, esp a child, who is homeless, friendless, or neglected
- anything found and not claimed, the owner being unknown
- nautical another name for waft
- obsolete.law a stolen article thrown away by a thief in his flight and forfeited to the Crown or to the lord of the manor
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Derived Forms
- 藞飞补颈蹿藢濒颈办别, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of waif1
C14: from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old Northern French gaif, of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse veif a flapping thing
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The trial heard him described as a "ruffian" and a "street waif" who never stood still.
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鈥淪he was not just a little waif blowing in the wind,鈥 Judge Jackson said.
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She and other characters, like the inimitable Bertie 鈥 who makes a 鈥渟pecial brew鈥 in high demand 鈥 are not waifs of the frontier.
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鈥淪he鈥檚 not some little waif blowing in the wind,鈥 Jackson said.
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But by age 12, she found herself worrying that she wasn鈥檛 quite the physical ideal espoused by the school鈥檚 late founder, George Balanchine: a half-starved waif.
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