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foundling

noun as in orphan

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But not everyone agrees with the use of the modern foundling wheel.

It is true that the parents so provided think more of the twenty-five francs than they do of the foundling.

The little blue placard hung over the cot, as in the foundling hospitals, states the child's nationality: "Moldo, Wallachian."

The Foundling Hospital is another of the public institution of which the people are justly proud.

Much in the same way many a modern maiden places her shame-covered infant in the turn-table of a foundling institution.

Perhaps he himself had been a foundling laid on the doorstep long ago, belonging neither to his mother nor to anyone else.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foundling, such as: castaway, and waif.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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