purlieu

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

But such betrayals never escaped him when, in one of his inimitable disguises, he penetrated to the purlieu of Whitechapel, to the dens of Limehouse.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

"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

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

From the eleventh story up, its wide windows surveyed every purlieu of Manhattan.

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes