woman about town

American  

noun

1. a socially active, sophisticated woman who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.

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Example Sentences

“Statistical analysis of large digital text databases shows that there are significant differences in how the words man and woman are used. People speak of a ‘man about town’ but rarely of a ‘woman about town’; of a ‘ladies’ man’ but not a ‘gentlemen’s lady’; of ‘womanly’ curves and wiles, but ‘manly’ handshakes and jawlines.”

From The Guardian

Offering more than a portrait of a woman about town, Rokah gradually exhumes the hardship of surviving the streets of Los Angeles for four decades and the associated stigma and shame that have prevented Haist from reaching out to family.

From Los Angeles Times

The best moments are uncanny impersonations – Dame Judi Dench as a shoplifter, Dame Maggie Smith doing audition tapes and Angela Merkel as a vain and frivolous woman about town.

From The Guardian

To the right, the socially prominent woman about town Lauren Santo Domingo.

From New York Times

Mostly she’s a smart, successful, somewhat wistful single woman about town, and for that, Ms. MacDowell is perfectly suited.

From New York Times