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waif

[weyf] / weɪf /
NOUN
lost or unclaimed person or thing
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Half Waif is the solo project of vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Nandi Rose, an erstwhile member of New Jersey indie act Pinegrove.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

Or maybe Arya died and the Waif has taken her face!

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2019

I mean, we didn’t actually see Arya kill the Waif, did we?

From The Guardian • Apr. 14, 2019

But after lots of speculation about whether the Waif attack we saw on the bridge was really what we saw, that seems to be, in fact, what we saw.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2016

The Waif seemed to make her way over a floor of beautiful parquetry which Mother Nature had been constructing for centuries.

From The White Waterfall by Dwyer, James Francis




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