purlieu

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

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

I held Farrell tightly beneath the elbow, and steered through this enchanted purlieu.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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