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boarder baby
noun
- an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of boarder baby1
First recorded in 1975–80
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In the 1980s and ‘90s, it led to a “boarder baby†crisis, with drug-addicted mothers and fathers turning their backs on babies after birth in a hospital or clinic.
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General Hospital was instrumental in opening the boarder baby nursery, where volunteers could come in to hold the infants.
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