Thursday 10 October 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Purlieu

pur-lieu



noun :: A frequently visited place.



"These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground, where they would take their seats, and keep a sharp and hungry watch upon every movement." --Irving, Washington

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