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purlieunoun a place for spending time or for socializingthe restaurant, the preferred purlieu of the theatergoing crowd, is always packed an hour or two before showtime hangout, haunt, rendezvous, resort, stamping ground, stomping ground camp, canteen, club, clubhouse, country club, key club, service club, unionharbor, harborage, haven, nest, refuge, retreat, sanctuary purlieus pl.an adjoining region or spacewe stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium backyard, environs, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity environment, surround, surroundings purlieus pl.the districts adjacent to a citysuch gated communities are common among the purlieus of these Midwestern cities in the 15th century |