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беспризо́рный

waif

беспризо́рник

waif

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During this time, the fashion industry was promoting models with waif bodies and androgynous women, which left a void. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike many waifs, these creatures are actively carnivorous, and lead beings astray. en.wikipedia.org

Designers have continued to embrace her androgynous, waif look. en.wikipedia.org

The young one is a waif adopted as his son. en.wikipedia.org

They have large ears like most waifs, long fingers with webbed skin and feet with the same. en.wikipedia.org

He has been described as compassionate, moral, sensitive and full of integrity; taking in waifs and strays and helping his neighbours whenever possible. en.wikipedia.org

Literary waifs are frequently depicted with a frail appearance, although such physical aspects are not inherent in the term. en.wikipedia.org

More than other factors, hunger prompted waifs to steal. en.wikipedia.org

In later centuries, the expression waifs and strays came to be used as metaphors for and ultimately became synonymous with abandoned or neglected children. en.wikipedia.org

A grant of waif and stray permitted the landowner to take ownership of such goods or animals if they remained unclaimed after a set period of time. en.wikipedia.org

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