In typesetting, widows and orphans are lines at the beginning or end of a paragraph that are left dangling at the top or bottom of a page or column, separated from the rest of the paragraph. (The typographer's terms for the top and bottom of a page or column are head and foot.). Definitions. There is some disagreement about the definitions of widows and orphans; what one source calls a widow ... More @Wikipedia
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