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Almshouse
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| almshouse (ˈɑːmzˌhaʊs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) history a privately supported house offering accommodation to the aged or needy |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) another name for poorhouse |
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almshouse
in the United States, a locally administered public institution for homeless, aged persons without means. Such institutions radically declined in number in the second half of the 20th century, replaced by other means of subsistence and care.
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