purlieu

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

It is remarkable that the term purlieu is never once mentioned is, this long roll of parchment.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

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

From Prose Fancies by Le Gallienne, Richard

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