[Idiom] Work'us

[rafaelm]

Hi!
I am reading Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) and there is an idiom that appears frequently and I cannot find the meaning. Here it is:
"youjust see if I don’t, that’s all, my work’us brat!"
"Work’us,’ said Noah, ‘how’s your mother?"

 

[probus]

It's not an idiom. It is Dickens' attempt to render the pronunciation of Workhouse, a social institution of Victorian Britain that you can read up on.

 

[teechar]

Welcome to the forum, rafaelm.
Please click Edit to insert a space between "you" and "just" in your post above.

 

[Tdol]

It's not an idiom. It is Dickens' attempt to render the pronunciation of Workhouse, a social institution of Victorian Britain that you can read up on.

That the novel is about.