Look up: Poorhouse

1. poorhouse
   [n] - an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
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2. Poorhouse
   Poor'house` noun A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/127
   
   
3. poorhouse
   noun an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
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4. Poorhouse
   • (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
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5. Poorhouse
   In England, Wales and Ireland (but not in Scotland) a poorhouse was more commonly known as a workhouse. In early Victorian times (see Poor Law), poverty was seen as a dishonourable state caused by a lack of the moral virtue of industriousness (or industry as it was called). As was depicted by...
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