Usage examples for waif
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It was, however, something secret, and if it was secret, then it was- yes, it was love; and love between his daughter and that waif of the world- the world of the stage- in which men and women were only grown- up children, and bad grown- up children at that - it was not to be endured. – The Money Master, Volume 3. by Gilbert Parker
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The set of your sails, and the firmness of your grasp upon the tiller, determine whether the wind shall carry you to the haven or shall blow you out, a wandering waif, upon a shoreless and melancholy sea. – Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
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Hence, after the first unsuccessful effort, no further attempt had been made to discover the parentage of the little waif. – Idle Hour Stories by Eugenia Dunlap Potts