英语词汇bridewell的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bridewell
词源	bridewell. In England, as readers of English history and fic- tion know, a bridewell is a house of correction, jail or prison. All the bridewells take their name from the original Bridewell, an ancient house of correction in London that remained in op- eration until 1863.
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