Workhouse (Crossword clue)
Definitions of “Workhouse”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor
• A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense
• A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
• (British) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
• Institution to provide employment for paupers and sustenance for the infirm
• A 19th century establishment for the provision of work for the unemployed poor of a parish
• In the UK, a former institution to house and maintain people unable to earn their own living
• A place of food and shelter, in exchange for work, provided for paupers in Britain the 19th century
• Building where the poor who were unable to support themselves were housed and made to work if able
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