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(1):

(n.) A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

(2):

(n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.

(3):

(n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Workhouse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/workhouse.html. 1828.
 
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