单词 | workhoused |
释义 | > as lemmasˈworkhoused ˈworkhoused adj. now historical and rare inhabiting or taking place in a workhouse (sense 2b); (in quot. 1895) habituated to life in a workhouse. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting workhouse workhoused1837 the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > poor and receiving relief > in workhouse workhoused1837 indoor1864 1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 115 Poor, workhoused wretches. 1895 in H. Begbie Life W. Booth (1920) II. 204 The parishes can send people to us before they have become workhoused. 2000 T. Skillen in J. Haldane Philos. & Public Affairs 129 The mainly teenage vagrants who failed in their workhoused labours were subject to confinement in a cellar. < as lemmas |
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