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(historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were unwilling to work, including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

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house of correction

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house of correction

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歴史的アメリカ英語

(historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

日本語の意味

歴史的な労働矯正施設。1601年のエリザベス法に基づいて設立され、働く意欲のない者（浮浪者、乞食など）が労働を通じて更生を図られるための施設。