woman of the world
- a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
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Origin of woman of the world
First recorded in 1570–80
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And she was only twenty—for all her woman-of-the-world air, a child!
The PatricianJohn Galsworthy
The air of the woman-of-the-world was, somehow, entirely absent.
The Count's ChauffeurWilliam Le Queux
This she parried with a woman-of-the-world air, quite different from her old childlike frankness.
The House of MysteryWilliam Henry Irwin
"You've said it, Mrs. Simms," agreed Peg with her woman-of-the-world air as she drew on her riding gloves.
The Trail of ConflictEmilie Baker Loring