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Workhouse
Meaning
Noun
●
In British English & Prison:
An
institution
for
homeless
poor
people
funded
by the local
parish
, where the
able-bodied
were required to work.
●
In American English:
A
prison
in which the
sentence
includes
manual
labour.
●
A place of
manufacture
; a factory.
Verb
●
In British English:
To place (a person) in the
workhouse
(institution for the poor).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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