救きゅう貧ひん院いん

noun

poorhouse; almshouse; workhouse

Historical term for an institution where impoverished people were housed and sometimes required to work. Used in historical or literary contexts.

• 19世せい紀きのイギリスでは、多おおくの貧まずしい人ひと々びとが救きゅう貧ひん院いんで暮くらしていた。

  In 19th-century England, many poor people lived in workhouses.