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- noun Alternative spelling of
man about town . (Aworldly ,social man.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
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Examples
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The fashion industry's darling, man-about-town and the only one worthy of playing Benjamin Braddock to Diane Von Furstenberg's Mrs. Robinson, Gurung once again proved his indisputable hold on New York Fashion Week.
Nicole Berrie: Prabal Gurung... Still Fashion's Reigning Prince Nicole Berrie 2011
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The fashion industry's darling, man-about-town and the only one worthy of playing Benjamin Braddock to Diane Von Furstenberg's Mrs. Robinson, Gurung once again proved his indisputable hold on New York Fashion Week.
Nicole Berrie: Prabal Gurung... Still Fashion's Reigning Prince Nicole Berrie 2011
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Anderson, who has been friends with the jewelry designer/actor/man-about-town since "at least 2002," praised Waris's "soothing and masterful" methods of persuasion.
Melissa Berkelhammer: The House of Waris Tea Room, Part Deux Melissa Berkelhammer 2010
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Not just the Lucky Strike twist, but the revelation that Joan was carrying Roger's baby — she took care of it in a sequence of silent sorrow — and the news that man-about-town Lane Pryce was a Playboy Club habitué and had fallen madly for a "chocolate bunny" named Toni Charles.
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The man-about-town would dress down rather than up for his Sunday stroll (a top hat, gloves and waistcoat would bring jeers), and the dearth of servants – for people emigrated to start anew!
The Season: Colonies & Commonwealths | Edwardian Promenade 2009
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Anderson, who has been friends with the jewelry designer/actor/man-about-town since "at least 2002," praised Waris's "soothing and masterful" methods of persuasion.
Melissa Berkelhammer: The House of Waris Tea Room, Part Deux Melissa Berkelhammer 2010
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Anderson, who has been friends with the jewelry designer/actor/man-about-town since "at least 2002," praised Waris's "soothing and masterful" methods of persuasion.
Melissa Berkelhammer: The House of Waris Tea Room, Part Deux Melissa Berkelhammer 2010
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Kevin Hagen for the Wall Street Journal Marianne Schmitz and Martina Schmitz Mr. Goyal, the 36-year-old, high-energy, man-about-town who owns MKG, a marketing and event production agency that works with the likes of Google, MTV, and L'Oreal, founded the party when he was single, he said, and he wanted to throw a fete without the labor.
A Loft Where Salads Go Head to Head Mike Vilensky 2011
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Anderson, who has been friends with the jewelry designer/actor/man-about-town since "at least 2002," praised Waris's "soothing and masterful" methods of persuasion.
Melissa Berkelhammer: The House of Waris Tea Room, Part Deux Melissa Berkelhammer 2010
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Aiding her in this goal was the debonair Ward McAllister, a member of a prominent Savannah family and a man-about-town.
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Inflected Form(s): plural men–about–town \ˌmen-\
Date: 1734
: a worldly and socially active man
February 6, 2008