Boy and Foundling

Boy

Boy noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.

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Foundling and boy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foundling" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

Foundling noun - A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown.

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Boy and foundling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boy" instead a noun "Foundling".

Nearby Word: founding

human boy

human foundling

The TV adaptation of Hetty Feather also introduces a new character called Matthias, a boy with whom Hetty conspires to organise a mass escape from the Foundling Hospital.

Source: Creator / Jacqueline Wilson

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