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workhousing

workhousing is the present participle and gerund of workhouse.

Meaning of workhouse

Verb

workhouse (third-person singular simple present workhouses, present participle workhousing, simple past and past participle workhoused)

  1. (UK, historical, transitive) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).

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Questions about workhousing

What is workhousing the present participle and gerund of?
Workhousing is the present participle and gerund of workhouse.

Words near workhousing in the dictionary

  1. workhour
  2. workhours
  3. workhouse
  4. workhoused
  5. workhouses
  6. workhousing
  7. workie
  8. workier
  9. workies
  10. workiest
  11. workin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: workhousing (page history and authors); workhouse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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