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workhouse

noun

An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp

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Word length
9
Starts with
W
Ends with
E
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp

  2. A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

  3. A factory; a place of manufacture.

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