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Bridewell
Webster's Dictionary
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bridewell'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bridewell.html. 1828.