workhouse
11workhouse — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)khaʊs[/t]] workhouses N COUNT In Britain, in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, a workhouse was a place where very poor people could live and do unpleasant jobs in return for food. People use the workhouse to refer to these… …
12workhouse — UK [ˈwɜː(r)kˌhaʊs] / US [ˈwɜrkˌhaʊs] noun [countable] Word forms workhouse : singular workhouse plural workhouses in the past, a building where poor people in Britain were sent to live and were given unpleasant work to do …
13workhouse — an institution for the homeless indigent The intention was that the unfortunate inmates should work to pay for their keep, although the name outlived the concept: I was put in the workhouse when I was young... I never knew my father or… …
14Workhouse Test Act — The Workhouse Test Act also known as the General Act or Knatchbull s Act [ [http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor law unions/the poor law1.htm#Knatchbull s%20Act%201722 The Poor Law ] ] was poor relief legislation passed by the British government… …
15Workhouse Theatre Company — company based in the Camden community. [Substantiated Claim [http://www.workhousetheatre.org/site/aboutus.php Workhouse Theatre Company] ] Workhouse Theatre Company is a teaching theatre whose mission is to provide the residents of the Camden… …
16Workhouse test — The workhouse test was a condition of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. It stated that anyone who wanted to get poor relief must enter a workhouse. The condition was never implemented and outdoor relief continued to be given.Note*The workhouse… …
17workhouse — noun Date: 1630 1. British poorhouse 2. a house of correction for persons guilty of minor law violations …
18workhouse — /werrk hows /, n., pl. workhouses / how ziz/. 1. a house of correction. 2. Brit. (formerly) a poorhouse in which paupers were given work. 3. Obs. a workshop. [bef. 1100; ME werkhous, OE weorchus workshop. See WORK, HOUSE] * * * ▪ social… …
19workhouse — noun a) formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able bodied were required to work b) a prison in which the …
20workhouse — Synonyms and related words: agency, almshouse, asylum, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, butcher shop, company, concern, corporation, desk, establishment, facility, firm, foster home, halfway house, home, hospice, hospitium …
