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foundling hospital
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noun
an institutional home for foundlings.
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Origin of foundling hospital
First recorded in 1750–60
Words nearby foundling hospital
founders' shares, founder's type, founding father, Founding Fathers, foundling, foundling hospital, found object, found poem, foundress, foundrous, foundry
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