workhouse test
now historical
noun
The restriction of poor relief to inmates of parish workhouses, considered as a means of ensuring that only those in genuine need would apply for relief.
- Particularly associated with the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834; see note at Poor Law..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Bury & Norwich Post.
- Lonsdale belt
- loo
- looder
- loodering
- looey
- loofah
- looie
- look
- look a fright
- look after
- look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
- lookahead
- lookalike
- look-and-say
- look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
- look as if one has seen a ghost
- look back
- look back at/on
- look before you leap
- lookbook
- look daggers at
- lookdown
- look down on
- look down one's nose at
- looked-after