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foundling hospital

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noun

an institutional home for foundlings.

Origin of foundling hospital

First recorded in 1750–60

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Historical Examples of foundling hospital

Fifteen thousand pounds were allowed for improving London bridge; and forty thousand on account, for the Foundling-hospital.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.
Tobias Smollett