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workhouse

noun

Meaning

  1. An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp
  2. A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
  3. A factory; a place of manufacture.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

poorhouse(English)hospice(English)house(English)bastille(English)union(English)big house(English)poor house(English)house of correction(English)infirmary(English)pauper(English)infirm(English)inmates(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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