Workhouse

[Raeanne Dimick]

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

[Kai]

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

[Rihanna]

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

[Dave Paprocki]

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