a workhouse

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Definition of a workhouse in English English dictionary: poorhouse
workhouse: a prison in which the sentence includes manual labour
workhouse: formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work
workhouse: {n} a receptacle for parish-poor
workhouse: a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
workhouse: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
workhouse: A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor
workhouse: In Britain, in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, a workhouse was a place where very poor people could live and do unpleasant jobs in return for food. People use the workhouse to refer to these places in general. a struggling Shropshire family which lived in fear of the workhouse. = poorhouse. a building in Britain in the past where very poor people lived if they had nowhere else to go = poorhouse
workhouse: {i} shelter providing work; poorhouse for unemployed and criminals
workhouse: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
workhouse: A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop
workhouse: A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse

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