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almshouse definition

alms·house (-ho̵us′)

noun

  1. Archaic a home for people too poor to support themselves; poorhouse
  2. Brit. a privately endowed home for the disabled or aged poor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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