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How to pronounce “workhouse”
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Pronunciation guide for workhouse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of workhouse with real speech in context.
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- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Built on Bones
But weirdly, the people in the workhouse, who
- Definition summary
- (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
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How to pronounce workhouse
Built on Bones
But weirdly, the people in the workhouse, who
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “workhouse”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
- (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
- (archaic) A place of manufacture; a factory.
- [Verb]
- (British, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
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