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.
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.