gadabout

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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

The author insists she is not a gadabout, though after the release of “Primates” she was snapped at any number of benefit galas.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2018

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

Run′about, a gadabout: a vagabond: an open wagon; Run′away, one who runs away from danger or restraint: a fugitive.—adj. fleeing from danger or restraint: done by or in flight.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various