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bridewell |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bridewell \Bride"well\, n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St Bride's (or Bridget's) well in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
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