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Citations:workhouse

English citations of workhouse

  • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, “Midas”, in Past and Present:
    In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them. […] So many hundred thousands sit in workhouses: and other hundred thousands have not yet got even workhouses.
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