Meanings
plural men-about-town
- alternativeAlternative form of man about town (“a worldly, social man”).
no date, David McDuff, translator, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment, 2003 Penguin Classics edition, →ISBN, page 61, The man-about-town began to follow her, but along the other side of the boulevard, keeping his eyes trained on her.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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