man-about-town

Of all the debonair, sophisticated man-about-town he was onscreen, he was really badly damaged and badly scarred from his childhood.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2023

He’s always been a difficult boss, and even before the pandemic, he was a man-about-town deal maker — not an office-bound manager.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2020

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

It is interesting to ask if Henry Fielding, barrister, journalist, tinker of plays and man-about-town, would ever have turned novelist, had it not been for Richardson, his predecessor.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton

He rose from humble pastoral beginnings to become a man about town in an industry where Black people weren’t afforded such prominent positions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

Nathaniel Parker Willis, the famous writer, editor of the weekly newspaper the Home Journal, and man about town, had taken Catherine into his home when she first separated from Forrest.

From Slate ● May 27, 2022

There was a cameo by the Italian-born man about town who had introduced Donald Trump to a model named Melania Knauss, the future first lady.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 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

So they are," said the other; "nor do I believe there is another man about town could pilot the channel but myself.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever