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purlieu
noun as in person's haunt
Strong match
noun as in environs
Strongest matches
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The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu.
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Eye of mocker has not seen, nor foot of unbeliever trod this purlieu, the last to receive his blessing.
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It is, in fact, a purlieu where the public-houses are overcrowded and the baths not places of great resort.
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They evidently deemed that a legal purlieu was a better place for 'pickings.'
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This favourite purlieu of London has larger books than mine devoted to its history.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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