"You all speak as if the poorhouse was a gaol," the doctor said testily. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Minister] Reference
In the building that was known as the poorhouse proper was the main office. From Wordnik.com. [The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher] Reference
"The poorhouse is a sad place for a sick and helpless child," answered one. From Wordnik.com. [After a Shadow and Other Stories] Reference
To conceal the fact that the poorhouse was a miserable place to stay would have been an impossibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher] Reference
With several other students and two or three young ladies of the city we held services at the "poorhouse" every Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I] Reference
The more unfortunate moved to the local poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Edwin D. Hill: Ensuring Another 75 Years of Social Security] Reference
I was racing toward the poorhouse at breakneck speed. From Wordnik.com. [My Life as a Drug Dealer] Reference
A man in England died the other day in the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses] Reference
"Now I know that we'll end in the poorhouse," Val observed. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
These human resources people will keep you in the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Cramer’s Mad, Mad World] Reference
We're going to show you what it means to be in the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2008] Reference
Then to the old man the poorhouse forever receded from sight. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
There is a saying that there are no bald men in the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
He died at Halsted poorhouse from the effects of the ill-usage. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
"I guess I'll have to go to the poorhouse after all," she began in. From Wordnik.com. [Polly and the Princess] Reference
He had been to the poorhouse, and had escaped from it into freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
We began this year in the poorhouse; we will end it in our own home. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
I knew of twenty-three deaths in the poorhouse in twenty-four hours. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
At one time a good Quaker was superintendent of the county poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
"Not any later than next Christmas he will be in the poorhouse again.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Henry M. Stanley was a poorhouse waif whose real name was John Rowlands. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
"My! I'm afraid we'll all go to the poorhouse if I spend all my pennies.". From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's] Reference
"There's the poorhouse for tramps, and the lock-up for rascals," he added. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
One who lives in the poorhouse is legally a bankrupt delinquent pauper 77 78. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8] Reference
But Joe Lambert had refused to go to the poorhouse or to become a bound boy. From Wordnik.com. [Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors] Reference
It's not -- you know, (INAUDIBLE) it's not her having to go to the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2009] Reference
Lord wouldn't let me go to the poorhouse, then it seemed as if He was going to. From Wordnik.com. [Polly and the Princess] Reference
I was a poor lone creeter in the poorhouse when Jabez Potter came and took me out. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference
It must be dreadful to have your eyes give out so you have to go to the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Polly and the Princess] Reference
"No. She could not return to the poorhouse -- after fifteen years!" exclaimed the girl. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Stefan TheilLondonStick close to the River Thames and you can get by on a poorhouse budget. From Wordnik.com. [Culture On The Cheap] Reference
"I suppose you'll agree it is better than the poorhouse, or even boarders," said her niece. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
When Mary Morton's mother died last year and left her alone, they took her to the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods] Reference
Another had reportedly been chained to the walls of a poorhouse in Hudson, N.Y., for 10 years. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams and Suitcases] Reference
"Well, Bob, if I go to the poorhouse, there'll be no one to blame for it but you and John White.". From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
Said I've eternally disgraced him and dragged him down and will land him in jail or the poorhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
So, it's not like these guys are going to be in the poorhouse, even with a 50 percent or 60 percent pay cut. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2009] Reference
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