house of correction

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work. UK,historical
  2. A prison. US

词形变化

houses of correction plural

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