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单词 rasp house
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Definition of rasp house in English:

rasp house

noun ˈrɑːsp haʊsˈrasp haʊs
historical
  • Originally and chiefly in the Low Countries: a house of correction in which (chiefly male) prisoners were employed in hard labour, especially in rasping wood.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Mercurius Politicus. From rasp + house, after Dutch rasphuis.

Definition of rasp house in US English:

rasp house

noun
historical
  • Originally and chiefly in the Low Countries: a house of correction in which (chiefly male) prisoners were employed in hard labour, especially in rasping wood.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Mercurius Politicus. From rasp + house, after Dutch rasphuis.

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