man-about-town
Example Sentences
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Nathaniel Parker Willis, the famous writer, editor of the weekly newspaper the Home Journal, and man about town, had taken Catherine into his home when she first separated from Forrest.
From Slate • May 27, 2022
There was a cameo by the Italian-born man about town who had introduced Donald Trump to a model named Melania Knauss, the future first lady.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022
He reported to camp in peak condition, ready to embrace a new role for his 30s: wizened clubhouse leader and debonair man about town.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022
He's not exactly a man about town, so there's not much known about his food and drink choices.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2021
This is Captain Ludlow Paten, a man about town, known to and by everybody, very much asked about in men's circles, but never by any accident met in ladies' society.
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
