man about town

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man-about-town

A fashionable man known for socializing. Although he's been called a man-about-town by the press, he secretly prefers quiet evenings at home.

man about town

a fashionable man who leads a sophisticated life. He prefers a nightclub to a quiet night at home—a man about town. Bob's too much of a man about town to go to a football game.

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man about town

A man who frequently attends fashionable social functions, as in Fred is quite the man about town these days. This expression, first recorded in 1734, uses town in the sense of "a sophisticated place" as opposed to rural settings.

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man about town

a fashionable male socialite.

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a/the ˌman about ˈtown

a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc.

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And I for one don't like it" - Man about town and former Fleet Street editor Piers Morgan.

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What a find then, in this centenary year as we look back to an October day in 1905 when - well, let's hand over to the Echo's long-gone Man About Town, who never dreamed that his words would be read a century on.

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Cherie's book is out, and yes, I do have quite a few things to say about the duplicitous, grasping, treacherous, hypocritical old boot" - Man about town and former Fleet Street editor Piers Morgan.