plural women-about-town
Definition of woman-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
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The first known use of woman-about-town was in 1883
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