foundling hospital

noun

1. an institutional home for foundlings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foundling hospital¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

The Foundling Hospital is another of the public institution of which the people are justly proud.

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To such we leave them, and follow where the author leads us, to his next resource, the Foundling Hospital.

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Hidden it, left it somewhere on the road in the lost property office or at a foundling hospital?

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Brier got him at the foundling hospital when he went to sell his wheat to the city.

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And in the morning they'll take me to the Foundling Hospital.

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