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Meaning of 'bridewell' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bridewell [ n.]
- A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

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