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(historical, chiefly Ireland) A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes.
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Magdalene laundry
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Source Word
Magdalene laundry
Noun
Ireland
historical
Japanese Meaning
歴史的(主にアイルランド)に存在した施設のことで、売春婦や未婚の母親が意に反して強制的に収容され、労働力として衣服の洗濯作業を強いられた宗教関連施設を指す。
( plural )