gadabout

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Mr. Belmondo was inundated with offers and tried to avoid being typecast as the likable gadabout.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2021

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

Caroline Copeland was a welcome omnipresence as choreographer and dancer in “Carnaval” and as a mute gadabout, Fulvio, in the Pergolesi, holding the stage with her antics before the performance and at intermission as well.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2017

She never went calling, claiming vigorously that she was "no gadabout, she hoped."

From The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks