- 1. n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. Source: opted
- 2. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. Source: webster
- 3. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderlypersons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's(or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penalworkhouse. Source: adambom
- 4. n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. Source: ecdict
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