n.劳教所；贫民院
The New York State sentence for a Peeping Tom is six months in the workhouse. 纽约州的法律对偷窥者处以6个月劳教。
The beggar at last resorted to the workhouse . 最后，这个乞丐常去济贫院。
What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse! 他们在济贫院里过的生活真悲惨!
