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Her scruffy waif look was as far as possible from the sophisticated luxury of her childhood.
A tiny quiver of the eyelids, and a tremor through the thin hands and Mysie—poor ruined broken waif of the world—was gone.
I have heard a waif word in the country,” said I, a little nettled, “that you were a hard man to drive.
My waif was curled up in my kimono, feeding my fan-tailed goldfish.
You were a little waif, fed cake and tea at the millionaire's table.
Woman, divorced from home, wanders unfriended like a waif upon the wave.
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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to waif, such as: castaway, dogie/dogy, flotsam, foundling, jetsam, and orphan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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