purlieu
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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 in this long roll of parchment.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
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 Sax Rohmer
And the perambulation, whereby the purlieu is deafforested, is called pourallee, i. e. perambulatio.
From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
"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 Thomas Hardy
