gadabout

Example Sentences

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Schoeffer is a gadabout, and he led the young couple over jebel and oued—hill and stream—in Morocco’s rugged backcountry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018

That afternoon the strolling couple encounter David’s college friend, Andrew, a sophisticated gadabout and ladies’ man who is immediately smitten with the human tidal wave from Turkestan.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2016

The queen looks serious and demure - nothing like the gadabout many took her to be.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2015

On “About a Boy,” David Walton plays Will, a gadabout who has an independent income but no job or a family, and works quite hard to keep it that way.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2014

Rebufat, on hearing his story, fell into a terrible rage, and declared that he would kick the gadabout out of his house should she have the audacity to return.

From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred