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单词 almshouse
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almshouse

/ˈɑːmzhaʊs /
noun
A house founded by charity, offering accommodation for poor people.Most of their income went on schools, almshouses, and the poor, and their charity attracted so many beggars that there was bad feeling in the village....
  • Salt built for his huge workforce a Congregational Church, 45 almshouses, 850 houses, plus schools, a hospital, library and bath houses - all neatly laid out in a grid.
  • Rev Ruth Scott, a mother of two, works as a part-time chaplain in Richmond Church Charity's seven almshouses.
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