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1) a poor, homeless child (waif)

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Meaning:
down-and-out

to bring, throw, knock etc down

poor

forlorn

(literary) unhappy

hopeless, inconsolable

impecunious

having little or no money

poverty-stricken

lonely

without other people; unhappy because one has no friends, support etc

feeling friendless, forlorn

stray

without a home; not in the usual or expected place; an animal without a home

abandoned, wandering

HOMELESS as in Wiktionary
HOMELESS as in Wikipedia