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Today it means: During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school. Full definition →
Today it means: During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.