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BNC: 28006 COCA: 33599

almshouse

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
almshouse /ˈɑːmzˌhaʊs/ noun
plural almshouses
almshouse
/ˈɑːmzˌhaʊs/
noun
plural almshouses
Learner's definition of ALMSHOUSE
[count] in the past
: a building in which poor people were allowed to live for free(旧时)济贫所,救济院
BNC: 28006 COCA: 33599

almshouse

noun

alms·​house ˈä(l)mz-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce almshouse (audio)
1
British : a privately financed home for the poor
2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Laguna Honda, which opened 156 years ago, is believed to be the country’s last big almshouse, a nonprofit nursing home run by the county to provide long-term medical care for the very poor, the very sick and the very disabled. Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2022 Years later, the Montgomery County Detention Center would be built on part of the almshouse site. Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022 No one was charged with Randolph’s murder and his body was buried in an unmarked grave in the pauper’s cemetery of the local almshouse. Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022 The museum in Leerdam is part of an almshouse for unmarried women that also showcases the collection of its 18th-century founder. New York Times, 22 Sep. 2021 Serving this population was a major, unanticipated use of the almshouse. Austin Hewitt, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Apr. 2021 Tramps are specifically referenced in almshouse records in seven years between 1877 and 1891. Austin Hewitt, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Apr. 2021 Over 13,000 tramps visited the almshouse in those seven years. Austin Hewitt, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Apr. 2021 Despite its impressive holdings, the almshouse only opened to the public as a museum a little over 10 years ago. New York Times, 18 Jan. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of almshouse was in the 14th century
BNC: 28006 COCA: 33599

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