shut-in

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[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

shut-in

1. Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
2. Introverted.

[edit] Noun

shut-in (plural shut-ins)

1. A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.

   He visited shut-ins as a good deed.