A public institution for the care and support of the helpless poor; especially in some states of the U.S. such an establishment kept up by the township. (Sturgis, 1900)
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A public institution for the care and support of the helpless poor; especially in some states of the U.S. such an establishment kept up by the township. (Sturgis, 1900)
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