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workhouses

The correct spelling is workhouses.

How to pronounce workhouses

noun

Say it like: Wor-kho-wse-s

The correct spelling is workhouses. An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp

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  1. 1.An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp
  2. 2.A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
  3. 3.A factory; a place of manufacture.

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