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Synonyms for waif

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Synonyms for waif

a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

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Henin, the 2004 Australian Open champion, humbled a succession of bigger and stronger opponents in the women s game despite her waifish 1.67 metre frame, and won 41 titles before retiring in May 2008 at the peak of her success.
She also provides an alternative body type to the waifish L.A.
Before Maria's arrival, the birds had been fed mainly by a waifish blonde volunteer named Lily.
Kaori Nakamura, wearing fishnets, shorts, and doll makeup, fulfills her role as a waifish coquette with precision and charm.
All were made in or around May '68 by a troupe of Parisians including, among many others, filmmakers Philippe Garrel and Patrick Deval, film editor Jackie Raynal, artists Olivier Mosset and Daniel Pommereulle, waifish model and Garrel muse Zouzou, and Caroline de Bendern, who was dubbed the "Marianne of '68," after the female personification of Liberty and Reason depicted in much French statuary.
THE PERFUME: KATE (pounds 21 for 30ml eau de toilette) THE CELEB: Kate Moss - Waifish supermodel turned wild child due to unfounded rumours of cocaine-fuelled parties with rebel boyfriend Pete Doherty - a relationship that's off and on more than a cold tap.
Harvey retreats to the comfort of the only friend she has even known (darkness) on "Dear Darkness." Her voice (once pretty and vibrant) has been reduced to a waifish cry.
And an increasing number of pro-anorexia websites whose members worship 'thinspiration' images of waifish celebrities have promoted eating disorders as a lifestyle choice.
Fine, as long as they keep the Bond girls coming (for the ladies who like lipstick lesbians, this time it's the waifish Eva Green) and a new Bond (for the men who don't mind going undercover).
With Natalie's delicate waifish beauty, she wears a buzz cut well.
With his bulging gut and thinning hair, he looked more than a little out of place among the chain-smoking campaign junkies and waifish college kids.
The picture on his book jacket shows her, a waifish yet smiling mother with her eyes closed, a figure who evokes a happier version of Liza Minnelli's character in The Sterile Cuckoo rather than Fifties images of girdled and permed domesticity, however ethnic or urban.