purlieu
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“Have you been in a purlieu tonight? Confess. Say, ‘Guilty.’
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
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
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
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
"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
