"spinning house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spinning houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinning house (plural spinning houses)
  1. (historical) A house of correction where delinquent women such as prostitutes were made to work at spinning. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-spinning_house-en-noun-bnds6o8A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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