Definition of "waifs" []

• Plural form of waif. (noun)

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• "So the little house was not bare, but made pleasant to their eyes by these waifs from the wreck, brought them by the tide of sympathy and good-will which soon set in."
• "Every twenty-four hours in the year Dr. Barnardo snatches nine waifs from the streets; so the enormous field he has to work in may be comprehended."
• "In chronicling what has transpired within his personal recollection at the National Metropolis, he has gathered what "waifs" he has found floating on the sea of chat, in the whirlpools of gossip, or in the quiet havens of conversation."
• "In the midst of the "waifs" above enumerated, however, there was one not yet named, -- one that differed greatly from all the rest, -- and which, had it been seen by them, would have caused extreme surprise both to Ben"
• "But for the fear of getting short in the necessary commodity of fresh water, they would have hugged the seashore a little longer -- in hopes of picking up a few more "waifs" from the wreck of the English ship."