| 单词 | pauper asylum |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspauper asylum pauper asylum n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse working-house1597 workhouse1631 house of industry1679 spin-house1702 parish house1709 poorhouse1727 poorshouse1732 house?1825 union workhouse1830 union house1835 pauper asylum1837 great house1838 union1839 big house1851 spiniken1859 spike1866 lump1874 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 190 I was grieved to see the magnificent pauper asylum near Philadelphia, made to accommodate luxuriously 1200 persons. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) III. 212 I won't have her put in a pauper Asylum. A Private Establishment, if you please. 1995 Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. The author..draws an important distinction between pauper asylums and those for the middle and upper classes. < as lemmas |
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