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 pur·lieu /ˈpɝl(ˌ)ju, ˈpɚ/
 森林邊緣地,常去的地方,範圍,界限

 Pur·lieu n.  [Written also pourlieu.]
 1. 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.
 Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied
 In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play.   --Milton.
 2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. “The purlieus of St. James.”
    brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court.   --Macaulay.
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