Magdalene laundry

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词形变化

Magdalene laundries 复数 Magdalene laundries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes.

    爱尔兰 历史

词源

Named after Mary Magdalene, traditionally associated with prostitution and patron saint of penitent sinners.

来源：wiktionary