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boarder baby

American  

noun

  1. an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.


Etymology

Origin of boarder baby

First recorded in 1975–80

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General Hospital was instrumental in opening the boarder baby nursery, where volunteers could come in to hold the infants.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2010

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