WORKHOUSE


Meaning of WORKHOUSE in English

/ ˈwɜːkhaʊs; NAmE ˈwɜːrk-/ ( BrE ) (also poor·house NAmE , BrE ) noun

(in Britain in the past) a building where very poor people were sent to live and given work to do

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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.