Definition of "purlieus" [purlieus]

• Plural form of purlieu. (noun)

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• "The first real test is that of spending a long and arduous evening in the alehouses and outer purlieus of London, and here it has to be in the company of Dickens and nobody else."
• "Outside the cabin windows, Rehaek saw the densely clustered lights of central Ki Baratan slip behind as the airpod sped toward the purlieus of the city."
• "It was a time of religious excitement in the purlieus of Honolulu."