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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Workhouse \Work"house`\, n.; pl. Workhouses. [AS.
   weorch[=u]s.]
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   1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
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   2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to
      labor.
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   3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public
      expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
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