- workhouse
- noun Date: 1630 1. British poorhouse 2. a house of correction for persons guilty of minor law violations
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workhouse — work·house n: a correctional facility for persons guilty of minor criminal violations Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. workhouse … Law dictionary
workhouse — ● workhouse nom masculin (anglais workhouse, de work, travail, et house, maison) En Angleterre et au pays de Galles, établissement officiel qui, du XVIe au début du XXe s., hébergeait et faisait travailler les pauvres et les vagabonds. (En Écosse … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Workhouse — (spr. wörkhaus), in England das Arbeitshaus für Arme … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
workhouse — ► NOUN 1) historical (in the UK) a public institution in which poor people received board and lodging in return for work. 2) US a prison in which petty offenders are expected to work … English terms dictionary
workhouse — [wʉrk′hous΄] n. 1. Obs. a WORKSHOP (sense 1) 2. Historical in England, a poorhouse in which able residents had to work ☆ 3. a kind of prison, where petty offenders are confined and made to work … English World dictionary
Workhouse — Former workhouse in Nantwich, dating from 1780 In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a … Wikipedia
Workhouse — Un workhouse (littéralement, « foyer de travail ») était un lieu qui accueillait au Royaume Uni les personnes incapables de subvenir seules à leur besoin. Elles pouvaient y vivre en échange de leur travail. L objectif était d arrêter de … Wikipédia en Français
Workhouse — Antigua workhouse del año 1780 en Nantwich. En la historia británica, una workhouse era un lugar donde la gente pobre que no tenían con qué subsistir podía ir a vivir y trabajar. El ejemplo más antiguo de una workhouse data de 1652 en Exeter,… … Wikipedia Español
workhouse — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)khaʊs[/t]] workhouses N COUNT In Britain, in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, a workhouse was a place where very poor people could live and do unpleasant jobs in return for food. People use the workhouse to refer to these… … English dictionary
