Barnardo boy†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a boy or young man from Dr. Barnardo's Homes, a charitable institution in England.

Quotations

1910

Two Barnardo boys look on and enjoy the sport. . . .

1920

I was on Paddy the other morning . . . going like the wind for the Dixon ranch, after hearing they had a Barnardo boy they wanted to unload. . . .