Workhouse

n.	1.
	1.	A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
	2.	A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
	3.	A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.

Noun	1.	workhouse - a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
	2.	workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months

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.

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