11
waif(noun, person, thing, lost, relinquishment)
9
orphan(noun, abandoned baby)
8
castaway(noun, seclusion exclusion, orphan, abandoned baby)
7
abandoned infant(noun, expression, idiom, very small baby)
5
baby(noun, very small baby, suckling)
5
infant(noun, very small baby, suckling)
4
wastrel(noun, traveler, seclusion exclusion)
3
derelict
3
find(verb, acquisition)
3
outcast(noun, seclusion exclusion)
3
trouvaille
2
child(noun, very small baby)
2
jetsam
2
refugee(noun, person, oppression, traveler)
2
stray
1
adventurer
1
anchoret
1
anchorite
1
babe
1
backpacker
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