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noun
- An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
- 1973: By the time that I was quite clear of the city's unlovely faubourgs and purlieus I needed petrol: the Silver Ghost is a lovely car but its best friend would have to admit that its m.'s per g. are few. " Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me. (Penguin 2001, p. 81)
Etymology: From French French, faubourg, alteration of Old French fors bourg "settlement outside the ramparts".
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