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workhouse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | poorhouse |
Examples of workhouse
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Workhouse staff were often at risk of being attacked by those under their care.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
It is like a modern form of the workhouse, but without the buildings and beadles.
From the guardian.co.uk
Oliver, who toils with very little food, remains in the workhouse for six months.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Last June, two inmates escaped from the workhouse and had 12 hours of freedom.
From the stltoday.com
I do not want to send you to the workhouse because this is your first offense.
From the stltoday.com
It was built in the mid 19th century as a workhouse and became a hospital in 1859.
From the en.wikipedia.org
How can 21st-century surgery co-exist in our NHS with workhouse maltreatment?
From the telegraph.co.uk
Martin was serving a 55-day term in the workhouse for assaulting a policeman.
From the time.com
The prospect of entering the workhouse was certainly something to be avoided.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
- A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
- Under the Poor Law systems of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, a workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest reference to a workhouse dates to 1652 in Exeter. ...
- (workhouses) also known as the union, poorhouse, or simply "the house." Publicly supported institutions to which the sick, destitute, aged, and otherwise impoverished went for food and shelter. After the New Poor Law was passed in 1834 the workhouse became little more than a prison for the poor. ...
- A place which provided board and lodging for the able bodied poor in return for employment; workhouses were intended to replace all forms of relief for the poor.
- Building where unemployed and poor were compelled to work in return for food and shelter.
