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| work·house [ wúrk hòwss ] (plural work·hous·es [ wúrk hòwzəz ]) |
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1. former institution for poor: formerly, a publicly run institution in Britain and Ireland in which people living in poverty were given food and accommodations in return for unpaid work
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2. U.S. prison for minor offenders: a prison in which prisoners guilty of minor violations work at manual labor
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