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poorhouse

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n.救济院

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poorhouse为短语/超纲词汇

poorhouse


n[C]
the state of not having any money
 If Jimmy keeps spending like this, he's going to end up in the poorhouse .
a building where very poor people in the past could live and be fed, which was paid for with public money
= workhouse