gadabout
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She is, after all, the English-born, Oxford-educated former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Talk and The Daily Beast, as well as a prolific freelance writer, intermittent broadcaster, conference organizer and general gadabout.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
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
Ponk's gray gadabout seemed to know the way home like a faithful horse.
From The Reclaimers by Margaret Hill McCarter
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