Associations to the word «Workhouse»
Noun
- Cottage
- Laborer
- Buckinghamshire
- Convict
- Cheshire
- Nichols
- Ashton
- Scandal
- Offender
- Jericho
- Huddersfield
- Institution
- Nightingale
- Shelter
- Refuge
- Abolition
- Soup
- Unemployment
- Wage
- Amendment
- Warden
- Detention
- Punishment
- Birmingham
- Churchyard
- Liverpool
- Middlesex
- Offence
- Commissioner
- Misery
- Labour
- Criminal
- Employment
- Assistance
- Building
- Blackwell
- Norton
- Fever
- Admission
- Bedford
- Prostitute
- Provision
- Grave
- Riot
- Lancaster
- Oracle
- Law
- Hunger
- Spike
- Leigh
- Burial
- Confine
- Applicant
- Street
- Bread
- Charleston
- Rules
- Magistrate
- Hardship
- Mann
- Act
- Landlord
- Master
- Unrest
- Factory
- Establishment
- Pamphlet
- Infant
- Folk
- Strand
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
WORKHOUSE, noun. (British) Formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp
WORKHOUSE, noun. (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
Dictionary definition
WORKHOUSE, noun. A poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor.
WORKHOUSE, noun. A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months.
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