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ragamuffin(person, thing, lost, tattered)
13
stray(person, thing, lost, exile)
11
orphan
10
urchin(person, thing, lost, youngster)
8
foundling(person, thing, lost, relinquishment)
5
castaway(person, thing, lost)
5
street child(expression, idiom)
4
jetsam(person, thing, soul, lost)
4
dogie(person, thing, soul, lost)
4
minor
3
tramp
3
bum
3
gamin
3
girl
3
guttersnipe
3
tomboy(romp, girl, hoyden, gamine)
3
vagrant
2
hobo
2
child(youngster, foundling)
2
fugitive
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