poorhouse

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English - Turkish
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English - English
A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
A workhouse
{i} place for indigent people to stay at public expense
an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
In former times in Britain, a poorhouse was an institution in which poor people could live. It was paid for by the public. = workhouse
A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse

Related Terms

poorhouses
plural of poorhouse