Definisjon av workhouse

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Noun

workhouse - a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
poorhouse an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
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Substantiv

workhouse - formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work.
workhouse - A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

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