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Definition for WORK-HOUSE, or WORK-ING-HOUSE
WORK-FOLK
WORK-ING
WORK-HOUSE, or WORK-ING-HOUSE
, n.
A house where any manufacture is carried on.
Generally, a house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
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