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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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poorhouse (ˈpʊəˌhaʊs, ˈpɔː-)

—n
	(formerly) a publicly maintained institution offering accommodation to the poor

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"The only asylum
Was the poorhouse, and those who could afford,
Rather than send their folks to such a place,
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