woman-about-town

noun

plural women-about-town

: a worldly and socially active woman

Trying to match the helpless female with the tough-minded writer, the woman-about-town with the farm girl riddled by religious guilt, is not easy.

—Richard B. Woodward, New York Times Magazine, 12 Mar. 1989

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

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