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poorhouse

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poor·house  (prhous)
n.
An establishment maintained at public expense as housing for the homeless.
poorhouse [ˈpʊəˌhaʊs ˈpɔː-]
n
(Historical Terms) (formerly) a publicly maintained institution offering accommodation to the poor
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Noun1.poorhouse - an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
workhouse - a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
Translations
poorhouse [ˈpʊəhaʊs] N (poorhouses (pl)) [ˈpʊəhaʊzɪz] → asilo m de los pobres
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He supported almost singlehanded a poorhouse the order had founded in Petersburg.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He was too occupied with his own vision, and vividly burned before him the sordid barrenness of a poorhouse ward, where an ancient, very like what he himself would become, maundered and gibbered and drooled for a crumb of tobacco for his old clay pipe, and where, of all horrors, no sip of beer ever obtained, much less six quarts of it.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
There ain't no difference dyin' in battle or in the poorhouse.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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