woman of the town
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With a woman of the town as interpreter, they sat on the grass in a shady churchyard and talked.
From Time Magazine Archive
He got as far as Asoudee, when he fell in love with a pretty woman of the town, and at once married her, proceeding no farther on his mission.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
God is not to every one the same; to the woman of the town with whom he is conversing, He is the Providence that helps her to pay her way.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
I was a poor woman of the town.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
The Whigs of the city dressed up a woman of the town with the monstrous head-dress of the Tory ladies, and escorted her through the town with a great concourse of people.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
