orphaned boy

collocation in English

meaningsoforphanedandboy

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orphaned
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.fənd/us
/ˈɔːr.fənd/
having no parents because they ...
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boy
noun[C]
uk
/bɔɪ/us
/bɔɪ/
a male child or, more generally, a male of ...
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(Definition oforphanedandboyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She scribbled down a few pages of a rough draft taking place in the 9th century, focusing on anorphanedboywith his wolf cub.
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Hiroshi, theorphanedboyshe helped save, reappears as a pharmaceutical salesman and tries to convince her to close her clinic and join the hospital.
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Laxmi soon spots anorphanedboyon the streets and takes him in.
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Though at first she seems hard-hearted and icy, she reveals her naturally loving and warm nature while caring for anorphanedboywith a squint.
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Theorphanedboywas taken into state care, where he remained until age 16.
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As the war machine combs the beach looking for trinkets it can make into memorials for its fallen comrades, it develops a friendship with anorphanedboy.
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Jack departs, strangely heartened by speaking with theorphanedboy, who vowed to become stronger than anyone to protect the people around him.
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It was now time to consider opening a third house in order to take orphaned boys into care.
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His goal is to one day use his inheritance to build a school for orphaned boys that will combine outdoornaturalist activities with regular academics.
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It was originally used either as a training home for underprivileged, wayward, and orphaned boys or as a youth detention center.
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