waif WAYF noun. 1 a :
a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea)
but unclaimed. b : (plural) stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flight. 2 a : something found without an owner and especially by chance. b : a stray person or animal; especially : a homeless child.
What is a waifish woman?
A homeless person
, especially a forsaken or orphaned child. b. An abandoned young animal. 2. A person, especially a young woman, who is thin or gaunt.
What does it mean when you call someone a WAFE?
a person,
especially a child
, who has no home or friends. something found, especially a stray animal, whose owner is not known. a very thin, often small person, usually a young woman. a stray item or article: to gather waifs of gossip.
Is Waify a word?
Characteristic of a waif; thin
. She has a very waify frame.
Who is referred to as waif here?
countable noun. If you refer to
a child or young woman
as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live. … a dirty-faced waif of some five or six years. Synonyms: stray, orphan, outcast, urchin [old-fashioned] More Synonyms of waif.
What is a waif child?
1a :
a stray person or animal especially
: a homeless child.
What does tractable mean?
1 : capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled :
docile
a tractable horse. 2 : easily handled, managed, or wrought : malleable.
What does the term Guttersnipe mean?
1 :
a homeless vagabond and especially an outcast boy or girl in the streets of a city
.
What does Unembellish mean?
:
lacking embellishment or elaboration
(as with decorative elements or fanciful details) : not embellished a plain, unembellished room unembellished facts an unembellished account of their travels. Synonyms & Antonyms More Example Sentences Learn More About unembellished.
What is a willowy?
1 :
abounding with willows
. 2 : resembling a willow: a : pliant. b : gracefully tall and slender a willowy actress.
Is Waify a scrabble word?
No,
waify is not in the scrabble dictionary
.
Does waif mean skinny?
In fashion and related popular culture, the term “waif” is
commonly used to describe a very thin person, usually a woman
. “The waif look” was used in the 1960s to describe thin, large-eyed models such as Twiggy, and Edie Sedgwick.
Is WAFE a scrabble word?
wafe is
an acceptable dictionary word for
games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.
How does the beggar appear?
Answer: He started appearing
more often at the narrator’s house and took on odd jobs like shovelling snow
, putting the wood in the woodshed in order, beating the dust out of rugs and mattresses, etc. How was the beggar rewarded for the odd jobs he did at the narrator’s house?
What was Lushkoff doing before begging?
I hope you helpful Answer
Ans – Lushkoff has become a beggar not by choice but by circumstance. He was a singer in a Russian choir but was sent away for his drunkenness.
Alcoholism
had made him weak and he could not toil, so he took to begging for survival.
What was dishonesty and swindling?
Dishonest adjective –
Telling or containing lies
. Swindling is a synonym for dishonest in fraudulent topic. In some cases you can use “Swindling” instead an adjective “Dishonest”, when it comes to topics like lying, deceitful.
