Definitions from Wiktionary (workhouse)
▸ noun: (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
▸ noun: (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
▸ noun: (archaic) A place of manufacture; a factory.
▸ verb: (British, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
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▸ noun: (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
▸ noun: (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
▸ noun: (archaic) A place of manufacture; a factory.
▸ verb: (British, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
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house,
poorhouse,
Bastille,
union,
big house,
poor house,
house of correction,
poor farm,
well-house,
settlement house,
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