man-about-town

Still, it's Rainbow's comedic character — which he describes as "a slightly arrogant, somewhat ignorant, hopefully loveable, part gossip girl, part man-about-town, part vapid social media star"—that has met the present moment so perfectly.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022

With a Hollywood-esque, man-about-town swagger, Markazi had amassed 120,000 Twitter followers and built an Instagram audience captivated by his weight-loss journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2020

“A man-about-town, obviously, very, very erudite, or however they say that in Oxford. But he says, in his corn-pone, made-up accent, that, ‘Yeah, we closed down, people still died’,” Scarborough said.

From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2020

In later years, he attended events all over Manhattan and became known for a more extravagant man-about-town nightlife.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019

Nothing is more startling than the contrast between the heavy, formal, lifeless slang of the man-about-town and the light, living, and flexible slang of the coster.

From The Defendant by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

He was a man about town, excitedly touting the letters and statements of “immense enthusiasm” from elected officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

Gwendolen also comes recommended by one of Nellie’s children, oldest son Niven, a James Bond-ish man about town.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

He's not exactly a man about town, so there's not much known about his food and drink choices.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2021

He eventually re-entered society as a literary man about town, appearing at book parties and galas as a sort of dashing, intellectual Zelig.

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021

Will you become just a man about town here, make friends partly in Bohemia and partly amongst some of us, endow a theatre and marry the first chorus girl who is too clever for you?

From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim