graybar hotel vs workhouse

graybar hotel

name
  • jail, prison 

workhouse

noun
  • A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour. 

  • An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work. 

verb
  • To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor). 

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