Street urchins
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">street urchins</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(gamin is a kind of street urchin)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">street urchins</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for waifs that I've seen before include "Strays" , "Forsaken children" .)
(Other definitions for was that I've seen before include "(I/he/she/it) existed" , "Is no longer" , "(He/she/it) existed" , "'Is, in the past (3)'" , "(I/he) existed" .)