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Definition of Bridewells
1. bridewell [n] - See also: bridewell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bridewells
Literary usage of Bridewells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Early History of English Poor Relief by E M Leonard (1900)
"(a) To masters, (b) To the masters of the bridewells or industrial schools of
the time. 4. ... (d) bridewells. (c) Emigration. (/) Pressure on employers. ..."
2. Arts and artisans at home and abroad: with sketches of the progress of by Jelinger Cookson Symons (1839)
"The bridewells of Glasgow, Berne, and Belgium. Most of the Scottish prisons are
very deficient; that of Glasgow exceedingly so. The bridewell is, however, ..."
3. The industrial movement in Ireland, as illustrated by the National by John Francis Maguire (1853)
"GAOLS, bridewells, AND ASYLUMS. The industrial movement has made its way, most
providentially, into the darkest haunts of human misery, to the prison abodes ..."
4. Essay on the Experiences and Opinions of John Howard: On the Preservation by R. D. R. Sweeting (1884)
"(ft') Next, as to bridewells. The work-room should be freely ventilated; the back
windows half the size of the front ones, and 6 feet from the floor; ..."
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