purlieu

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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

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

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

"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