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waif | wif |

As a noun waif

is (obsolete) goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.

As a preposition wif is

(informal|dialectal|eye dialect) with.

waif

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
  • (obsolete) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
  • A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
  • Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif , wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing--my, but how stupid he was!
  • A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized.
  • See also

    * waft

    wif

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wid (informal ) * with * wiv (informal )

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (informal, dialectal, eye dialect) with
  • * 1998 , Ted Shine, Contributions , ISBN 0822202387, page 31:
  • That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes.
  • * 2000 , Jan King, It'a A Girl Thing: The Hilarious Truth About Women , ISBN 0740711318, page 161:
  • I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps.
  • * 2002 , Stan Hayes, The Rough English Equivalent , ISBN 059524579X, page 324:
  • If I don' have no problem wif my high school test?

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