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purlieu
('p/[@]/rl/u/ )

noun (n)

  • an outer adjacent area of any place(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    environs
    source: wordnet30
  • Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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