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waif: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

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mudlark collapse

landloper collapse

ragpicker collapse: an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood

street Arab collapse: a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

ragamuffin collapse: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

ragman collapse

Arab collapse: a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

gamin collapse

urchin collapse: poor and often mischievous city child

guttersnipe collapse

beachcomber collapse: a vagrant living on a beach

piker collapse

rounder collapse: a tool for rounding corners or edges

swagman collapse: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

flotsam and jetsam collapse

jetsam collapse: the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

loafer collapse: a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel

idler collapse: person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

castoff collapse

sundowner collapse: a drink taken at sundown; a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

orphan collapse: a young animal without a mother; the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column; a child who has lost both parents; someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision; deprived of parents by death or desertion; deprive of parents

hobo collapse

wastrel collapse: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

foundling collapse: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

dogie collapse: motherless calf in a range herd of cattle

beggar collapse: a pauper who lives by begging; reduce to beggary; be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"

bummer collapse: a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug; an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer"

vagabond collapse: anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"

castaway collapse: a shipwrecked person

stray collapse: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

tramp collapse: a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"; a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"; cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"; travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

vagrant collapse: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

bum collapse: of very poor quality; flimsy; be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"

trash collapse: worthless people; dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

discard collapse: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable; (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit; anything that is cast aside or discarded; throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

derelict collapse: a person unable to support himself; failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

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