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Meanings of poor orphan in English

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Usage of poor orphan in English
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You warmly welcomed the poor orphan, and became a mother to her.
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2
And what became of the poor orphan of the Creole of Martinique?
Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
3
He'd overcome his status as a poor orphan to become something great.
Maleficent
4
The first thing a poor orphan meets is gang robbery, organised burglary!
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
5
She had wealth-shewas kind-shewould surely do something for the poor orphan.
Scenes of Clerical Life
6
He said he would be glad to do anything for a poor orphan.
Peck's Compendium of Fun / Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, ...
7
Once a poor orphan named Andoy, while taking a walk, found a purse.
Filipino Popular Tales
8
The poor orphan, too, was, as usual, bowed down with weight of woe.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
9
Hence of what use is a college education to a poor orphan boy?
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
10
The poor orphan girl wept at her spinning-wheel and wiped away her bitter tears.
Folk Tales from the Russian
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She had been a poor orphan all her life, and an outcast from childhood.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
12
And for you and that poor orphan boy as well!
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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Oh, take pity on me, and befriend a poor orphan!
Prince Eugene and His Times
14
For this Turk is the one that cheated the poor orphan out of his money.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
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That poor orphan child is on her way from France-everybodyis full of the subject.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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I am no Judas nor Jew, but an honest Christian and a poor orphan myself.'
Selected Polish Tales
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