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

I was a poor woman of the town.

From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Now I am a Brahman, and though I never performed any penances, I travel with another sort of a blossom—a woman of the town.

From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William

Mr. Hayward adds that 'he married a woman of the town, became a celebrated member of the Four-in-Hand Club, and contrived to waste the whole of a fine fortune before he died.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James

And lo, as they sat at meat did not a woman make her way to the feet of Jesus and there sit—aye, a woman of the town?

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie