Magdalene Laundry Definition
noun
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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Origin of Magdalene Laundry
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Named after Mary Magdalene , traditionally associated with prostitution and patron saint of penitent sinners .
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