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English-Thai Dictionary

workhouse

N สถานที่ คน ทำ ความผิด ไม่ ร้ายแรง รับโทษ โดย การทำงาน  sa-tan-ti-kon-tam-pid-rai-rang-rab-tod

 

workhouse

N สถาน ฝึก อาชีพ สำหรับ คนยากจน  poorhouse sa-tan-ti-fuek-aob-rom-sam-rab-kon-yak-jon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WORKHOUSE, WORKING-HOUSE

n. 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on.
2. Generally, a house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WORKHOUSE

Work "house `, n.; pl. Workhouses. Etym: [AS. weorch.]

 

1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

 

2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

workhouse

work house |ˈwərkˌhous ˈwərkˌhaʊs | ▶noun 1 historical (in the UK ) a public institution in which the destitute of a parish received board and lodging in return for work. 2 a prison in which petty offenders are expected to work.

 

Oxford Dictionary

workhouse

work |house |ˈwəːkhaʊs | ▶noun 1 historical (in the UK ) a public institution in which the destitute of a parish received board and lodging in return for work. 2 US a prison in which petty offenders are expected to work.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

workhouse

w ó rk h ò use 名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠矯正院, 少年院 .2 ｟英 ｠(昔の )救貧院 .