Related Words for poorhouse

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workhouse
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Noun, Noun
almshouse
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Noun
paupers
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Noun
destitution
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Noun
penniless
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Adjective
hovel
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Noun
penury
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Noun
bankrupt
/x
Adjective
sanitarium
xx/xx
Noun
gaol
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Noun
nunnery
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Noun
madhouse
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Noun
destitute
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Noun
jail
/
Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
sanatorium
/x/xx
Noun
asylums
x/x
Noun
penitentiary
xx/xx
Noun
ruinous
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Adjective
infirmary
x/xx
Noun
squalor
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Noun
prison
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Noun
hospital
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Noun
starve
/
Verb
misery
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Noun
indigent
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Noun
whorehouse
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Noun
damned
/
Adjective
unfortunates
x/xx
Noun
convent
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Noun
county
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Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
parsonage
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Noun
dreamland
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Noun
fortune
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Noun
miserable
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Adjective
hellhole
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Noun
oblivion
x/xx
Noun
garret
/x
Noun
wretched
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Adjective
parish
/x
Noun
millionaire
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Noun
ghetto
/x
Noun
matron
/x
Noun
hostelry
/xx
Noun
chateau
x/
Noun
house of refuge
//x/
Phrase, Noun
big house
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Name, Name
house
/
Noun
settlement house
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
hostel
/x
Noun
house of correction
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
doghouse
/x
Noun
orphanage
/xx
Noun
rooming house
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bunkhouse
/x
Noun
jailhouse
/x
Noun
foyer
/x
Noun
hospice
/x
Noun
house of ill repute
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Phrase, Noun
guesthouse
/x
Noun
crib
/
Noun
house of detention
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
house of office
///x
Phrase, Noun
slum
/
Noun
group home
//
Phrase, Noun
reception center
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
longhouse
/x
Noun
lodging house
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shadow
/x
Noun
inmate
/x
Noun
vanishing
/xx
Verb
wind
/
Verb
caribbean
x/xx
Name
hill
/
Noun
land
/
Verb
palace
/x
Noun
end
/
Verb
admission
x/x
Noun
die
/
Verb
send
/
Verb
residents
/xx
Noun
local
/x
Adjective
locked
/
Verb
fear
/
Noun
effective
x/x
Adjective
drive
/
Verb
road
/
Noun
door
/
Noun
old
/
Adjective
way
/
Noun
headed
/x
Verb
going
/x
Verb
entering
/xx
Verb
days
/
Noun
put
/
Verb
live
/
Verb
new
/
Adjective
save
/
Verb
means
/
Verb
build
/
Verb
population
xx/x
Noun
abandoned
x/x
Adjective
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
brewery
/xx
Noun
camp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cantonment
/xx
Noun
cemetery
/xxx
Noun
city
/x
Noun
commune
/x
Noun, Verb
delinquent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
distillery
x/xx
Noun
farming
/x
Noun, Adjective
farmyard
/x
Noun
foundry
/x
Noun
grange
/
Name
grocer
/x
Noun, Verb
hippy
/x
Adjective, Noun
homestead
/x
Noun, Verb
lonely
/x
Adjective
manor
/x
Noun
metropolis
x/xx
Noun
playhouse
/x
Noun
pub
/
Noun, Verb
schoolmaster
/xx
Noun, Verb
slaughterhouse
/xx
Noun
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
maypole
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Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
nickel
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective