orphan : Idioms & Phrases

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orphan site

  • noun a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup
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orphans' asylum

  • noun a public institution for the care of orphans
    orphanage.
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Orphans' court

  • (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards.
Webster 1913