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almshouse

House built and endowed for the support of those disabled from work by age or poverty.

In the USA, it was a locally administered public institution for aged persons without means and the homeless. By the second half of the 20th century they declined dramatically in numbers as they were replaced by other means of subsistence and care, notably Social Security.



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