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Haifa

American  
[hahy-fuh] / ˈhaɪ fə /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Israel.


Haifa British  
/ ˈhaɪfə /

noun

  1. a port in NW Israel, near Mount Carmel, on the Bay of Acre: Israel's chief port, with an oil refinery and other heavy industry. Pop: 269 400 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Expect much noise for hometown favourites such as Eats Everything, Waifs & Strays and Baby Malc.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2013

Label mainstays Waifs & Strays, Behling & Simpson and Bruh Jackman all feature, alongside a live set from Outboxx.

From The Guardian • May 4, 2013

The citizens of London sent fifty million pounds, to keep the menagerie up, and the ladies of Britain constructed a pair of black velvet carpet slippers with the Waifs initials embroidered in gold.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

In Strathpeffer district the tale is well known, and it is referred to in "Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition."

From Elves and Heroes by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Pray excuse me," said Rupert, in a voice which he contrived to make somehow or other at once affable and underbred, "but we thought perhaps that you might do something for the Waifs and Strays.

From The Club of Queer Trades by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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