bridewell

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This word is in the TWL06 Dictionary 15
This word is in the SOWPODS Dictionary 15

Bridewell(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.

Words within bridewell

8 letter words: 3 results
bewilder
rebilled
wellbred
7 letter words: 14 results
bedwell
bellied
bewield
bewired
deliber
delible
dellier
dweller
illbred
libeled
libeler
redbill
wielder
wirbled
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