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Workhouse

nounid 158064·updated May 18, 2026
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a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months

polysemous

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Variants

plural
Workhouses
possessive
Workhouse's
pluralpossessive
Workhouses'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
§2
a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor

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