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

Now a woman of the town has spoken: "Take the poor creatures inside."

From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe

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

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

Antyande, a Mpongwe woman of the town of Libreville, Gabun, is a leader of a company of ten or a dozen women in a certain native dance called “ivanga,” which is performed only by women.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill