WORKHOUSE
\wˈɜːkha͡ʊs], \wˈɜːkhaʊs], \w_ˈɜː_k_h_aʊ_s]\
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a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
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a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
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A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
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A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
By Oddity Software
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A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
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A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
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A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
By Noah Webster.
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A poorhouse; a house of correction in which convicts are confined at labor; in England, a poorhouse.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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