Lady Gregory

It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these and yet farther beyond that drawingroom poet of my childhood in the expression of love, and grief, and the pain of parting, that are the disclosure of the individual soul.

Irish Dramatist

Fiona Bruce

I collect things called 'samplers' which are Victorian pieces of needlework usually done by children in a workhouse to show that they have a skill which can be used in service, stitching household linen or that kind of thing. I think they're very humble and very beautiful.

British Journalist

Dorothy L. Sayers

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.

British Author

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Portsmouth has the honor, I believe, of establishing the first recorded pauper workhouse - though not in connection with her poets, as might naturally be supposed.

American Poet

Peter Hitchens

Skimmed milk was what they used to give to prisoners and workhouse inmates to go with their porridge and gruel. It's a punishment, not a drink.

English Journalist

Understanding 'workhouse' requires knowledge of old social systems, it's not in modern use.

Historical Context

'Workhouse' implies a place of suffering and harsh conditions in historical contexts.

Negative Connotations

Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' portrays workhouse life, helping understand its cultural significance.

Literature Reference

Use 'workhouse' to describe a place where manual or menial work was done in large volumes.

Production Setting

A workhouse can refer to an early industrial building, predating modern factories.

Industrial Term

Differentiate between 'workhouse' and 'sweatshop'; the former is older and less exploitative.

Not a Sweatshop

 that housed hundreds of people, but only a handful had become infected, which Dr. Snow attributed to the fact that the workhouse had its own private well. Finally, Dr. Snow heard of an infant who may have been one of the earliest victims of the outbreak. He learned that the child's dirty diapers