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  • 31Correction centres in Jordan — There are eleven correction and rehabilitation centers in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: * Qafqafa * Berien * al Balqa * Jwaida men * Jwaidah women * al Mwaggar 1 * al Mwaggar 2 * Swaqa * al Karak * Ma an * al AqabaQafqafa, al Mwaggar 1, and… …

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  • 32Correction centers in Jordan — There are eleven correction and rehabilitation centers in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Qafqafa Berien al Balqa Jwaida men Jwaidah women al Mwaggar 1 al Mwaggar 2 Swaqa al Karak Ma an al Aqaba Qafqafa, al Mwaggar 1, and Swaqa incarcerate only… …

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  • 33houseof correction — house of correction n. pl. houses of correction An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses. * * * …

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  • 34house switch — An out trade correction in which the submitting clearing firm changes the specified opposite clearing firm. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary …

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  • 35Phillips Brooks House Association — (PBHA) is a student run, staff supported public service/social action organization at Harvard College providing a variety of services to the Greater Boston community. PBHA programs effect social change through service and activism in partnership… …

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  • 36work|house — «WURK HOWS», noun. 1. a house of correction where petty criminals are kept and made to work. 2. British. a) a house where very poor people are lodged and set to work. b) (originally) a house established for the provision of work for the… …

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  • 37Spinning house — Spinning Spin ning, a. & n. from {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spinning gland} (Zo[ o]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[ae]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of… …

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  • 38work-house — n. 1. Manufactory. 2. Penitentiary, jail, prison, bridewell, house of correction. 3. Poor house …

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  • 39spinning house — noun Etymology: Middle English spynnyng hous building used for spinning, from spynnyng, spinninge spinning + hous house : a former house of correction for prostitutes especially in England in which inmates were often made to work at spinning …

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  • 40big house — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen3. Slang: can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1,… …

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