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