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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

House of Correction

A gaol governed by a keeper. Originally it was a place where vagrants were made to work, and small offenders were kept in ward for the correction of their offences.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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