workhouses (0 synonym found)

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Definition of workhouses:

(n) : (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
(n) : (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(n) : (archaic) A place of manufacture; a factory.
(v) : (British, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).

Definition of workhouses:

(n) : (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
(n) : (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(n) : (archaic) A place of manufacture; a factory.
(v) : (British, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).

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