purlieu
Example Sentences
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“Have you been in a purlieu tonight? Confess. Say, ‘Guilty.’
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
The corn grown on the upland side of the borough was garnered by farmers who lived in an eastern purlieu called Durnover.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
Rather than bide in this purlieu, Longer to stay I'll say, Adieu!
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
Surely, though we place hell under earth, the devil's walk and purlieu is about it.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir
