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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: workhouse (0.00800 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to workhouse.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: workhouse
workhouse
n 1: a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
2: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18
months
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Workhouse
Workhouse
\Work"house`\, n.; pl.
Workhouses. [AS.
weorch[=u]s.]
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1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
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2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to
labor.
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3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public
expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
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