noun. An establishment maintained at public expense as housing for the homeless.

noun. An establishment in which persons receiving public charity are lodged and cared for; an almshouse.

noun. A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

noun. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged

noun. A workhouse

noun. an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless

"He said that the creditors had held a protracted meeting, and there was one irritating old party who kept suggesting that the poorhouse was the inevitable solution; but finally arrangements were made by which our old friend can keep his shop as long as he lives."

establishment  

workhouse  

aboveground  agonizer  beggary  boy  didst  

almshouse  workhouse