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banlieu
[< F]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the suburbs or outskirts of a town; city limits.
Quotations
1796
All that part of it . . . from the Fortifications of the Upper Town to the extreme boundaries of the Banlieue . . . form . . . St. John's ward.
1800
. . . when he gets drunk at any brandy-shop or tavern within the banlieus . . . the same disagreeable effects are produced.
1817
All hay and straw sold or delivered within the city and Banlieue of Montreal, shall be weighed . . . at the requisition of either the buyer or seller.