Barnardo's boy
(UK) A boy raised in a Barnardo's home (a charitable institution set up to care for orphaned, destitute or vulnerable children).
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(UK) A boy raised in a Barnardo's home (a charitable institution set up to care for orphaned, destitute or vulnerable children).
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