POORHOUSES

Noun

poorhouses

plural of poorhouse

Source: Wiktionary


POORHOUSE

Poor"house`, n.

Definition: A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 June 2025

SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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