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foundling hospital

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noun

an institutional home for foundlings.

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Nearby words

founders' shares, founding, founding father, founding fathers, foundling, foundling hospital, foundress, foundrous, foundry, foundry proof, foundry sand

Origin of foundling hospital

First recorded in 1750–60

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for 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