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** English
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], variants of [en], [enm]. [+suf].
*** Pronunciation
[en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * {{ quote-book | en | date=June 13 1960 | year_published=1974 | author=w:Walt Kelly | chapter=The Confoundling | title= [Pogo (comic strip)] | page=342 | pageurl=https://archive.org/details/pogorerunssomere00kell/page/342/mode/1up | publisher=comic strip | isbn=0-671-21906-5
|passage=[Owl:] YOU HEARD THAT FREMOUNT IS REALLY A[sic] ANT LION, MR.
CONGERSMAN? <br> [Frog:] IT'S A SAD BLOW TO THE PARTY JUST AT A TIME WHEN US
OWLS MUST STICK TOGETHER. WORST PART IS, MRS. WEEVIL SAYS HER SISTER-AN'-LAW
FOUND THE CANDIDATE IN A BOX OF POPCORN. <br> [Owl:] AIN'T IT WORSE TO BE A
_CANNIBAL_ THAN A FOUNDLING? <br> [Frog:] WE CAN SAY HE'S _CHANGED_ HIS
HABITS! BUT A FAMILY TREE LOOKS BAD SPROUTIN' OUT OF _POPCORN_⋯}}
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[abandoned child, left by its parent]
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**** See also
- [en]
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*** Anagrams
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