workhouse

workhouse

1. työkoti

Liittyvät sanat: debtors' prison

Synonyymisanakirja

workhouse

vankila, linna, tyrmä, putka, köyhäintalo, pakkotyölaitos.

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workhouse rimmaa näiden kanssa:

house, open house...

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Englannin sanakirja

workhouse englanniksi

1. puhekieltä formerly Formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. ^(w)

2. (RQ:Mrxl SqrsDghtr)

"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve.(nb..)"

3. puhekieltä A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

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