workhouse

[US]/'wɜːkhaʊs/
[UK]/'wɝk'haʊs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. institusyong parang bilangguan kung saan ang mga mahihirap ay ipinapadala upang magtrabaho at makatanggap ng pagsasanay.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!

Gaano kahabag-habag ang buhay na ginugol nila sa loob ng workhouse!

Oliver Twist was sent to the workhouse as a child.

Si Oliver Twist ay ipinadala sa workhouse noong siya ay bata pa.

The workhouse provided shelter for the homeless.

Nagbigay ang workhouse ng silungan para sa mga walang tahanan.

Many families struggled to survive and ended up in the workhouse.

Maraming pamilya ang nagpakahirap upang mabuhay at napadpad sa workhouse.

The workhouse system was harsh and unforgiving.

Ang sistema ng workhouse ay mapagmalupit at walang awa.

He spent years working in the workhouse before finding a better job.

Nagtrabaho siya ng maraming taon sa workhouse bago makahanap ng mas magandang trabaho.

The workhouse was overcrowded and unsanitary.

Sikip at marumi ang workhouse.

She volunteered at the local workhouse to help those in need.

Nagboluntaryo siya sa lokal na workhouse upang tulungan ang mga nangangailangan.

The workhouse provided basic necessities like food and shelter.

Nagbigay ang workhouse ng mga pangunahing pangangailangan tulad ng pagkain at silungan.

The workhouse was a place of last resort for many people.

Ang workhouse ay isang lugar ng huling pagasa para sa maraming tao.

The workhouse system was eventually abolished due to public outcry.

Ang sistema ng workhouse ay kalaunan ay tinanggal dahil sa pagtutol ng publiko.

Real-world Examples

At the age of nine he ends up in a miserable, grim workhouse.

Source: BBC Reading Classics to Learn Vocabulary

And we certainly wouldn't take somebody from the workhouse.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

'And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open? '

Source: A Christmas Carol

Back at the workhouse, Oliver was taken to see the board.

Source: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

The " Silent Sentinels" endured arrests and imprisonment in a squalid workhouse where they were brutalized and force-fed.

Source: Time

You had the proper workhouse cough, and those weak legs of yours are worth ten pound a week.

Source: The Sign of the Four

After all, death was a common event in the workhouse, where only the poor and homeless lived.

Source: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

Just briefly describe what a workhouse was.

Source: Fresh air

Why it might have been in the workhouse'.

Source: The South and the North (Part 1)

'Take the boy back to the workhouse, and treat him kindly.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

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