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Barnardo, n.|bəˈnɑːdəʊ|
Also erron. Barnado.
The name of Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905), British philanthropist, used attrib., as Barnardo child, Barnardo orphan, etc., and in the possessive to designate any of the destitute and homeless children brought up in the homes founded by Dr. Barnardo.
1904Kipling Traffics & Discov. 343 All the time the beggar was a balmy Barnado Orphan! 1910E. F. Murphy Janey Canuck in West xxix. 210 Two Barnardo boys look on and enjoy the sport. 1914Kipling Divers. Creatures (1917) 49 They asked for a child from one o' those Lunnon societies—same as it might ha' been these Barnardo children—an' Mary was sent down to 'em, in a candle-box. 1968‘P. Hobson’ Titty's Dead v. 57 She was a Barnardo baby... She was illegitimate. Her father is a grocer in Reading. He let her be brought up by Barnardo's. 1986M. Hardwick Malice Domestic xv. 211, I was a Barnardo's girl... They found me in a slum in Walsall. |