waif

Speech parts

1. waif - Noun

2. waif - Verb

Meaning

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 comes along, as it were, by chance.

A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.

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Examples

I will never be a waif. I want to market myself as a healthy-looking woman who is an action-star kind of girl. Jaimie Alexander

I feel badly for those girls who have to be so waif thin, doing those catwalks all the time because, luckily, we're going into a different time - that's what they're saying, at least - in we're appreciating a curvier figure. But to be honest, I couldn't be like an hourglass if I tried. Chrissy Teigen

In a knock, shuffle and a handshake, his deal is done and Liza Thorn, a raggedy glam waif, sees him out. Source: Internet

I deserve a bit more leeway than some delicate, L.A. waif who subsists on nothing but seeds and charcoal tea all day. Source: Internet

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