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• n  a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
• n  a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months

• In the 48th state, Delaware, the wife-beater is taken to the jail or workhouse yard, is stripped to the waist in public view, is tied to a post, is lashed with a tough-thonged .
• This witness, who was in the alley behind the Liggett apartment, said he recognized Kid Cann because they had served time together in the local workhouse.
• Of the 684 who were arrested and taken to the workhouse, in the rolling Virginia hills, all but a few dozen were quickly released with suspended sentences.

News & Articles

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• Bradley County Commission adjusts proposed probations budget
  CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Commission has agreed to return $10,000 from a proposed alternative sentencing workhouse project to the Misdemeanor Probation Department as part of the proposed 2013-14 county budget.
  June 21, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Woman sentenced to workhouse for soliciting prostitution
  A Minneapolis woman will serve one year in the workhouse after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution.
  June 19, 2013 - KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul
• ‘Urban Decay’ takes over Lorton’s Workhouse
  Street-smart graffiti, wildly imaginative vinyl toys, comic book-, tattoo-, sci fi-, punk- and hip hop-inspired paintings and sculptures — lowbrow art is getting highbrow treatment at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton. And it isn’t the first time.
  June 18, 2013 - The Fairfax County Times

Quotes

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• Denis Savard in Sportsnet.ca
  We have a great goalie,said Savard. "Khabi has been unbelievable. He's a workhouse and likes the challenge. He's been my best player by far."
• Bill Cowher in Monessen Valley Independent
  You got a situation where you want to find out about (tailback) Cedric Benson,Cowher said. "He's your workhouse, (you have a) new quarterback, so you'd think you'd run the ball? No. Twenty-seven passes, nine runs in the first half. I...
• Adam Price in BBC News
  Mr Price told his party conference the plan for incapacity benefit was "the modern equivalent of the workhouse".