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waif
By then, the look that had been christened waif or grunge was moving mainstream.
From the guardian.co.uk
The spooky, spaced-out waif of Carrie and 3 Women is growing up-and dressing up.
From the time.com
The arrival of the 1990s saw the launch of the new waif, ushered in by Kate Moss.
From the hepburnadvocate.com.au
When she plays her forte, the waif, her wide dark eyes brim with vulnerability.
From the time.com
Along the way they take in a waif named Latika, a girl who also has no family.
From the omaha.com
He is also a Chaplinesque waif with the resilient ingenuity to trip up brute force.
From the time.com
This one is a 16th-century rescue, a rural waif on which she has lavished attention.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It also didn't scrape the ground when I and my equally waif-sized friends hopped in.
From the courier-journal.com
A carnival brute mistreats his witless waif assistant, who meets a friendly aerialist.
From the post-gazette.com
- A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
- A waif (from the Old French guaif, stray beast)Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/waif (accessed: June 02, 2008) is a living creature removed, by hardship, loss or other helpless circumstance, from his or her original surroundings. ...
- WAIF (88.3 FM) is a community radio station based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- The Waifs are a folk rock band from Western Australia. The original members of The Waifs are Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals), and sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals). ...
- (The Waifs (album)) The Waifs is the self-titled debut album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released in May 1996.
- Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice; Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which ...
- To dream of a waif, denotes personal difficulties, and especial ill-luck in business.
- Alien, adventive; reproducing neither sexually (e.g., by spores, seeds) nor vegetatively (e.g., by sprouts, suckers) in the absence of any benefit, intentional or not, direct or indirect, of human activity, and therefore not persisting beyond initial generation or establishment, or reproducing ...
- A stolen article that has been thrown away by a thief in flight, usually through fear of apprehension, especially articles thrown away at first sight of an Imperial cruiser.
