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workhouse
noun
work·house ˈwərk-ˌhau̇s 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The workhouse arena is about to undergo a refurbishment to renew the place that hosted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The Beatles, Luciano Pavarotti and decades of returning circus elephants and lions in its six decades. 
Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022 The workhouse, rather than being a safety net, was an exemplary punishment. Dominic Green, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022 Housed in a former workhouse in Shoreditch, in a time where most of us who are lucky enough to have their own homes, have thought about them and their place in our lives, its reopening couldn’t be more timely. Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 May 2021 Gatehouse, a geographical dictionary of medieval castles in the British Isles, notes that Bishops Palace was in ruins by the 18th century, with a workhouse erected on part of the site in 1735. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2021 People are turning violent because of the Rip, and Vic, the man from the workhouse, confronts Billy randomly in the street and attacks him. Olivia Truffaut-wong, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2021 Living in a dirty squat in what seems a particularly tubercular part of town, the principal quartet of teenage London slumdwellers are eager to avoid the workhouse, pay their extortionist landlord her rent, and feed themselves with some regularity. John Anderson, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2021 The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Beasley can serve his stay in the workhouse after his season is over; COVID-19 precautions could require the county to release him on electronic home monitoring for the duration of the sentence. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2021 By La Quinta Long anticipated that 50 or 60 more inmates would be transferred out of the jail and into the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, also known as the workhouse, once the latest disturbance is brought under control. Time, 6 Feb. 2021 See More
Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022 The workhouse, rather than being a safety net, was an exemplary punishment. Dominic Green, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022 Housed in a former workhouse in Shoreditch, in a time where most of us who are lucky enough to have their own homes, have thought about them and their place in our lives, its reopening couldn’t be more timely. Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 May 2021 Gatehouse, a geographical dictionary of medieval castles in the British Isles, notes that Bishops Palace was in ruins by the 18th century, with a workhouse erected on part of the site in 1735. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2021 People are turning violent because of the Rip, and Vic, the man from the workhouse, confronts Billy randomly in the street and attacks him. Olivia Truffaut-wong, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2021 Living in a dirty squat in what seems a particularly tubercular part of town, the principal quartet of teenage London slumdwellers are eager to avoid the workhouse, pay their extortionist landlord her rent, and feed themselves with some regularity. John Anderson, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2021 The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Beasley can serve his stay in the workhouse after his season is over; COVID-19 precautions could require the county to release him on electronic home monitoring for the duration of the sentence. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2021 By La Quinta Long anticipated that 50 or 60 more inmates would be transferred out of the jail and into the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, also known as the workhouse, once the latest disturbance is brought under control. Time, 6 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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