purlieu

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

"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

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

They evidently deemed that a legal purlieu was a better place for 'pickings.'

From Prose Fancies by Le Gallienne, Richard

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