workhouse
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workhouse
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (old-fashioned) (poorhouse) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. el asilo de pobres (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
After a long day of spinning and weaving in the workhouse, they were served bread and gruel for dinner.Después de un largo día hilando y tejiendo en el asilo de pobres, les sirvieron pan y gachas para la cena.
a. la casa de trabajo (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Ten inmates were transferred to the workhouse.Diez reclusos fueron transferidos a la casa de trabajo.
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