workhouse

Definition

  • noun: a house of correction for persons guilty of minor law violations

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Well! I do declare. New York state sentence for a Peeping Tom... is six months in the workhouse. Oh. hello. Stella. They got no windows in the workhouse. In the old days, they used to put your eyes out with a red-hot poker. (..)
    1954 Rear Window