Meanings of victorian workhouse in English

Parliament's business, innovation and skills committee said working conditions at Shirebrook resembled a Victorian workhouse.

The business committee subsequently accused Ashley of running the business like a Victorian workhouse in a report published in July.

The melody is the kind of thing Tim Burton would use to announce the arrival of an evil Victorian workhouse owner.

The coffins were found in grounds close to a former Victorian workhouse which opened in 1840 and which was officially closed in

When I entered its walls, which were inside a converted factory, the place immediately struck me as having similarities with a Victorian workhouse.

Mr Ashley showed reporters around the warehouse, which was described by MPs as like a " Victorian workhouse", after an animated meeting with shareholders.