"waifs and strays" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1918, Dora Sigerson Shorter, The Sad Years",
          "text": "One thing I must not omit to mention—her passionate love of animals. In the old, good days in Dublin she used to pick up waifs and strays of forlorn doghood and take them to the Dogs' Home. The boys in the street used to shout derision at us: “Go on! wid yer grand hats and ye to be starvin' yer dog!” The sense of humour supported us.",
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