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orphan trains

orphan trains is the plural of orphan train.

Meaning of orphan train

Noun

orphan train (plural orphan trains)

  1. (historical) One of the trains, operating between 1854 and 1929, that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest.

Questions about orphan trains

What is orphan trains the plural of?
Orphan trains is the plural of orphan train.

Words near orphan trains in the dictionary

  1. orphan sources
  2. orphan star
  3. orphan stars
  4. orphan tears
  5. orphan train
  6. orphan trains
  7. orphan work
  8. orphan works
  9. orphan's court
  10. orphan's courts
  11. orphan-crushing machine

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