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Little Orphan Annie
     
Little Orphan Annie
a character in the US cartoon strip Little Orphan Annie. She is an orphan (=a child whose parents have died) who gets into a lot of trouble, especially when the man who takes care of her, Daddy Warbucks, is away.
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