boarder baby
noun
an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.
Origin of boarder baby
First recorded in 1975–80
Words nearby boarder baby
board shorts,
board side,
board sport,
board-and-shingle,
boarder,
boarder baby,
boarding,
boarding house,
boarding out,
boarding party,
boarding pass
Medical definitions for boarder baby
boarder baby
[ bôr′dər ]
n.
An infant, often the offspring of drug addicts or AIDS victims, who remains for months, sometimes up to a year, at the hospital where he or she was born, waiting for placement in a home.