The workhouse was once the last place anyone would want to set foot. These miserable, disease-ridden hellholes were dumping grounds for the destitute in Victorian England (and lasted well into the 20th century). In exchange for manual labour, vagrants received crude shelter and food.
济贫院(workhouse)曾经是英国人最不想踏足的地方。这些肮脏破败、疾病肆虐的维多利亚时代的地狱般场所是收容穷人的地方（它们在进入20世纪后仍持续了几十年）。在这里，流浪者用自己的劳动力换取简陋的住所和劣质的食物。
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