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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
workhouse
    n 1: a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
    2: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18
       months

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Workhouse \Work"house`\, n.; pl. Workhouses. [AS.
   weorch[=u]s.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to
      labor.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public
      expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
WORKHOUSE. A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. 
A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment. 



Thesaurus Results for Workhouse:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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