gadabout

Example Sentences

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So for a while, Prince Andrew was just Classic Royal, maybe a wastrel and a gadabout in peacetime, but a standup guy in a war.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2019

Schoeffer is a gadabout, and he led the young couple over jebel and oued—hill and stream—in Morocco’s rugged backcountry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018

That afternoon the strolling couple encounter David’s college friend, Andrew, a sophisticated gadabout and ladies’ man who is immediately smitten with the human tidal wave from Turkestan.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2016

The queen looks serious and demure - nothing like the gadabout many took her to be.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2015

I've no time to talk to every gadabout.

From The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir