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Rarehouse of correction
The correct spelling is house of correction.
How to pronounce house of correction
noun
Say it like: How-se -of -cor-rec-sho-n
The correct spelling is house of correction. A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars…
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noun
- 1.A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
- 2.(Massachusetts) A prison.
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