poorhouse
Noun
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An establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless (synset 103989253)
is a type of: establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residencesubtypes: workhouse - a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
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