Associations to the word «Workhouse»
Noun
- Lodge
- Porter
- Condition
- Farm
- Leicester
- Greenwich
- Storey
- Cork
- Dwelling
- Nurse
- Westminster
- Working
- Nutrition
- Gilbert
- Sentence
- Norfolk
- Pound
- Mortality
- Cellar
- Child
- Lane
- Picking
- Prisoner
- Site
- Sussex
- Receipt
- Labor
- Pension
- Calcutta
- Cornwall
- Pm
- Isolation
- Sutton
- Responsibility
- Chapel
- Board
- London
- Devon
- Yorkshire
- Gate
- Manchester
- Cost
- Mill
- Road
- Ellen
- Boy
- Commission
- Leeds
- Dublin
- Bombay
- Inspector
- Cent
- Aids
- House
- Majesty
- Hughes
- Care
- Hatch
- Gang
- Diet
- Heap
- Sickness
Adjective
Wiktionary
WORKHOUSE, noun. (British) Formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp
WORKHOUSE, noun. (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
Dictionary definition
WORKHOUSE, noun. A poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor.
WORKHOUSE, noun. A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.