كيف تنطق "workhouses"

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ˈwɝːkˌhaʊzɪz

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التعريف

Workhouses were institutions, mainly in Britain in the past, where extremely poor people lived and worked in exchange for food and shelter.

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الإنجليزية البريطانية

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Many poor people lived in workhouses during the 1800s.

Children in workhouses had to do hard labor.

Charles Dickens wrote about workhouses in his novels.

For many, the thought of workhouses brings images of misery and strict rules.