waif

Definition

  • noun: a young person who is thin and appears to have no home
  • noun: a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but unclaimed

Examples

  • The model has a bony, 'waifish' look.

  • a 'waiflike' body

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Everyone. - The grand finale. - I'm getting nervous. - You should. - Sit down. Friends, you saw enter here a waif, a gamin, a lowly caterpillar. We open the cocoon but it is not a butterfly that emerges. - It's not? - No, it is a bird of paradise. (..)
    1957 Funny Face