English to Shona Meaning of poorhouse - poorhouse


Poorhouse :
poorhouse
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Share More
Definitions of poorhouse in English
Noun(1) an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
Examples of poorhouse in English
(1) And the reality was, that without some kind of financial support, the widow and the children would end up in the poorhouse , and that was the basis for the legislation.(2) The Collins girls were from Tyringham and the Paynes, who were born in Connecticut, may have been indentured from the poorhouse of Norwalk or Bridgeport as well.(3) Among these visitors were people from the poorhouse , and the pauper, who was ‘deficient in intellect,’ but who Thoreau thought to be in better shape than many people who were much smarter, because he knew and told the truth.(4) Whether you're getting by on £300, £3,000 or £300,000 a month, spending more than you rake in will put you in the poorhouse .(5) Desperately seeking a change of fortune, the Cardans moved to Milan, but here they fared even worse and they had to ignominiously enter the poorhouse .(6) And if you didn't pay the bills it was the poorhouse , or transportation to Australia, or hanging, or all three…(7) Goodwin says in her own family tree she discovered a great-aunt whose place of birth was the Govan poorhouse , and whose mother's occupation was listed as pauper.(8) The creation of an almshouse or a poorhouse was not necessarily due to any particular function of the town, but may have been influenced by a particularly powerful selectmen.(9) The poorhouses and the debtors' prisons have long since closed.(10) The difference between poorhouses and workhouses in Bridgewater is more ambiguous.(11) In fact, Robert E. Cray argues in his book on poor relief in New York that many rural towns erected workhouses and poorhouses before the American Revolution.(12) By 1878 it had 2,700 sisters, and was the main provider of housing for the old outside hospitals and poorhouses .(13) A second way of aiding the poor, which developed in many towns especially from the 1750's onward, was to build poorhouses , workhouses, or town farms where people would work for the town for their support.(14) In contrast, 19th century poorhouses burst at the seams, and their regimes became more totalitarian in response.(15) Some housing projects would have to remain as de facto poorhouses for the most dysfunctional.(16) For example, what were these poorhouses like, why did these towns build poor houses, did the towns differentiate between poorhouses and workhouses, and why for the most part, were these institutions temporary?
Related Phrases of poorhouse
(1) poorhouse ::
poorhouse
(2) house ::
imba
(3) poor ::
murombo
Synonyms
M
Word Example from TV Shows
You found them moaning in the poorhouse

You found them moaning in the POORHOUSE

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 7

English to Shona Dictionary: poorhouse

Meaning and definitions of poorhouse, translation in Shona language for poorhouse with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of poorhouse in Shona and in English language.

Tags for the entry 'poorhouse'

What poorhouse means in Shona, poorhouse meaning in Shona, poorhouse definition, examples and pronunciation of poorhouse in Shona language.

Learn Prepositions by Photos
Commonly confused words
form of verbs
Learn 300+ TOEFL words
Fill in the blanks
Topic Wise Words
Learn 3000+ common words
Words Everyday
Most Searched Words
GRE words
Android App
iPhone App
Chrome Extension

Blog List

Topic Wise Words

Learn 3000+ Common Words

Learn Common GRE Words

Learn Words Everyday

Your Favorite Words
Currently you do not have any favorite word. To make a word favorite you have to click on the heart button.
Your Search History