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poor⋅house

  [poor-hous]
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–noun, plural -hous⋅es  [-hou-ziz] .
(formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
Origin:
1735–45; poor + house
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poor house

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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