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purlieu
noun as in person's haunt
Strong match
noun as in environs
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Example Sentences
The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu.
Eye of mocker has not seen, nor foot of unbeliever trod this purlieu, the last to receive his blessing.
It is, in fact, a purlieu where the public-houses are overcrowded and the baths not places of great resort.
They evidently deemed that a legal purlieu was a better place for 'pickings.'
This favourite purlieu of London has larger books than mine devoted to its history.
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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purlieu, such as: confines, limit, boundary, and edge.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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