poorhouse
noun/ˈpɔːhaʊs/, /ˈpʊəhaʊs/
/ˈpʊrhaʊs/, /ˈpɔːrhaʊs/
(British English also workhouse)
- (in the UK in the past) a building where very poor people were sent to live and given work to do
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Definition of poorhouse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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