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Workhouse : (noun)
1: a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
2: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18
months
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Workhouse : \Work"house`\, n.; pl. Workhouses. [AS. weorch?s.]
1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to
labor.
3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public
expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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WORKHOUSE. A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary.
A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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