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Noun Concept
Categories: Poor Law in Britain and Ireland, Public housing, All articles needing additional references, Poor farms, Workhouses
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poorhouse  Pauper farm  poor-house  Poor-houses  poor asylum
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An establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless WordNet 3.0
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An establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A poorhouse or workhouse is a government-run facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy. Wikipedia
Facility to support and provide housing for the dependent and needy Wikidata
IS A
establishment
residential building
HAS KIND
workhouse
Casas de socorro
HAS INSTANCE
New York City Farm Colony
Asilo De Pobres
Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary
Association Residence Nursing Home
The Workhouse, Southwell
+13 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
orphanage
workhouse
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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poorhouse
Wikipedia
EN
poorhouse
Wikidata
EN
poorhouse
Wikipedia Redirections
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Pauper farm, poor-house, Poor-houses, poor farm, poor house, poor houses, poorhouses, superintendent of the poor
Wikidata Alias
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poor asylum

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