Usually means: Institution for reforming minor offenders.
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  1. house of correction: Merriam-Webster
  2. house of correction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. house of correction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. house of correction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. house of correction: Vocabulary.com
  6. house of correction: Wordnik
  7. house of correction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. house of correction: Wiktionary
  9. house of correction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. house of correction: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. house of correction: Dictionary.com
  12. House of Correction, House of correction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. house of correction: Rhymezone
  14. House of Correction: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. house of correction: FreeDictionary.org
  16. house of correction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. house of correction: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. house of correction: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. house of correction: Legal dictionary

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  1. house of correction: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (house of correction)

noun:  (UK, historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
noun:  (US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.

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