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The adults in the graves are presumed to be what are known as "pauper’s burials", for individuals whose families could not afford to pay for a grave.

From BBC

He kept a stash of money sewed into his ragged coat and conveniently escaped for a hot bath and a good meal while pretending to pass as a pauper.

From Salon

Many were buried in Portland cemeteries, some in unmarked pauper graves.

Under local laws, bone samples are taken from unidentified bodies before they are buried in paupers’ graves.

Well, in the portal’s early weeks, the Bruins have been closer to paupers given all the transfer targets who committed elsewhere.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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