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a place for spending time or for socializing
- the restaurant, the preferred purlieu of the theatergoing crowd, is always packed an hour or two before showtime
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purlieus plural
an adjoining region or space
- we stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium
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purlieus plural
the districts adjacent to a city
- such gated communities are common among the purlieus of these Midwestern cities
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“Purlieu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purlieu. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of purlieu was in the 15th century
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