"Magdalene laundry" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after Mary Magdalene, traditionally associated with prostitution and patron saint of penitent sinners.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Magdalene laundries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "labour camp"
        },
        {
          "word": "workhouse"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
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        [
          "unmarried",
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        ],
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          "forced labour",
          "forced labour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, chiefly Ireland) A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Magdalene asylum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Magdalene laundries",
        "Mary Magdalene"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Magdalene laundry"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after Mary Magdalene, traditionally associated with prostitution and patron saint of penitent sinners.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Magdalene laundries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Magdalene laundry (plural Magdalene laundries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "labour camp"
    },
    {
      "word": "workhouse"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Irish English",
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      "glosses": [
        "A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ],
        [
          "unmarried",
          "unmarried"
        ],
        [
          "forced labour",
          "forced labour"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical, chiefly Ireland) A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Magdalene laundries",
        "Mary Magdalene"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Magdalene asylum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Magdalene laundry"
}