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workhouse

[ wurk-hous ]

noun

plural workhouses
  1. a house of correction.
  2. British. (formerly) a poorhouse in which paupers were given work.
  3. Obsolete. a workshop.


workhouse

/ ˈ·Éɜ˰ìËŒ³ó²¹ÊŠ²õ /

noun

  1. (formerly in England) an institution maintained at public expense where able-bodied paupers did unpaid work in return for food and accommodation
  2. (in the US) a prison for petty offenders serving short sentences at manual labour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of workhouse1

before 1100; Middle English werkhous, Old English ·É±ð´Ç°ù³¦³óÅ«²õ workshop. See work, house
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In the late 1840s, the ground in south Belfast was used to bury poor people from a nearby workhouse.

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"I've never experienced anything like that in my life. It was like a Victorian workhouse. The nurses were saying how bad it is, and they were saying they just had to crack on with it."

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The workhouse site became the location for Nottingham City Hospital and the chapel remained open for workers and patients, closing when a new one was opened.

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The answer is simple: It’s a workhouse and is needed,†Mr Loranger said.

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He was sentenced to serve his time in a workhouse, a county-run correctional facility separate from the main jail that houses offenders who have a year or less to serve.

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