purlieu

Example Sentences

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“Have you been in a purlieu tonight? Confess. Say, ‘Guilty.’

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

For me, I think that tiny heart Bears no such Oriental load; Your dreams concern no Pekoe mart Nor mandarin's abode, But some dim purlieu of the Edgware Road.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 by Various

At any rate, this word purlieu is certainly in want of some examination.

From Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

He knew Leicester Square, its every place and purlieu; and among others one where he could pitch upon a “pal.”

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne

"Yes—'tis not our greatest doings that the world gets wind of," said the furmity-woman, who, lately settled in this purlieu, sat among the rest.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas