How to pronounce waif

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What waif means

noun

A thin, lost-looking child with no home

In a sentence: In the story, a kind baker took in a hungry waif and gave her a warm bed.

Where it comes from: It first meant a piece of lost property that nobody had claimed. It came into English from old French.

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