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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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Home Poor
Home Poor Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com
How Many Homeless People?
State by state homelessness data included in new NAEH report.
www.endhomelessness.org
poor·house   (pŏŏr'hous')   
n.  An establishment maintained at public expense as housing for the homeless.
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