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Meaning of Magdalene laundry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Ireland, historical

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Magdalenian Magdalenite Magdaleno magdaleon Magdalin Magdeburg

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