waif-like — adj extremely pale and thin ▪ images of waif like models in girls magazines … Dictionary of contemporary English
waif-like — ˈwaif like ; adjective • waif like young girls Main entry: ↑waifderived … Useful english dictionary
waif-like — /ˈweɪf laɪk/ (say wayf luyk) adjective extremely thin: a waif like figure …
Waif — The word waif (from the Old French guaif , stray beast)Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/waif (accessed: June 02, 2008)] refers to a living creature removed, by hardship, loss or other… … Wikipedia
waif — noun (C) 1 someone who is pale and thin, especially a child, and looks as if they do not have a home: a grubby little waif huddled by the door | waif like (=very thin): teenage girls trying to emulate waif like fashion models 2 waifs and strays… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
waif — [[t]we͟ɪf[/t]] waifs N COUNT If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live. She was an emaciated waif with eyes of pure fright... The director wants a waif like,… … English dictionary
waiflike — waifˈlike adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑waif … Useful english dictionary
Gamine — is a French word, the feminine form of gamin , originally meaning urchin, waif or playful, naughty child. The word was used in English from about the mid 19th century (for example, by Thackeray in 1840 in one of his Parisian sketches), but, in… … Wikipedia
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Helen Mirren — Mirren at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in February 2007 Born Helen Lydia Mironoff 26 July 1945 (1945 07 26) … Wikipedia
