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workhouse |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Workhouse \Work"house`\, n.; pl {Workhouses}. [AS. weorch?s.] 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on a workshop. 2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor. 3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: workhouse n 1: (Brit) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor 2: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
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