(US, historical) A farm serving as a poorhouse, lodging poor people in exchange for their agricultural labor.
(US, historical) A farm serving as a poorhouse, lodging poor people in exchange for their agricultural labor.
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(US, historical) A poor farm serving a particular county.
(US, idiomatic) In a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.
(chiefly, historical, countable) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
(slang) An insane asylum.
(UK, historical) and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.