English Explanatory Dictionary

orphan train

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

orphan train orphan trains
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