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poor⋅house

[poor-hous]
–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   (pŏŏr'hous')   
n.  An establishment maintained at public expense as housing for the homeless.
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