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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pur-loo, purl-yoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr lu, ˈpɜrl yu |
Definition of purlieu
- noun border
- noun environment
- noun environ
- Hamlyn's Purlieu had never known such gaieties as during the fifteen years of Mrs. Allerton's married life.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- A great fear seized her that it would be impossible to keep Hamlyn's Purlieu, and she was stricken with panic.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- Fred Allerton could see the great old elms that surrounded Hamlyn's Purlieu; and his eyes were fixed steadily upon them.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- Each forest was surrounded by its "purlieu," or belt of pasturage, for the deer to graze in.
- Extract from : « A History of Police in England » by W. L. Melville Lee
- The girl was brought up among exiles and political criminals in the purlieu of Montmartre.
- Extract from : « Carnac's Folly, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 » by Various
- It is, in fact, a purlieu where the public-houses are overcrowded and the baths not places of great resort.
- Extract from : « The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles G. Harper
- Eye of mocker has not seen, nor foot of unbeliever trod this purlieu, the last to receive his blessing.
- Extract from : « The Fair God » by Lew Wallace
- From the eleventh story up, its wide windows surveyed every purlieu of Manhattan.
- Extract from : « Out of the Air » by Inez Haynes Irwin
Synonyms for purlieu
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