WORKHOUSE

workhouse. Workhouse, n. a receptacle for parish-poor

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Work″house′ (?), n.; pl. Workhouses (#). [[AS. weorch�s.]] 1. 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
2. 2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
3. 3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.