• A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.


    Workhouse meaning & definition 1 of Workhouse.


  • A person whom is in an incredibly poor [social] and economic [position] and [therefore] has no means to look after oneself.

    Workhouse meaning & definition 2 of Workhouse.


  • (in the UK) a public institution in which the destitute of a parish received board and lodging in return for work.

    Workhouse meaning & definition 3 of Workhouse.


  • a building where very poor people in Britain used to work, in the past, in exchange for food and shelter

    Workhouse meaning & definition 4 of Workhouse.

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