Magdalene laundry
nounEtymology
Named after Mary Magdalene, traditionally associated with prostitution and patron saint of penitent sinners.
Definitions
A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually…
A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes.
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