woman of the town

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With a woman of the town as interpreter, they sat on the grass in a shady churchyard and talked.

From Time Magazine Archive

God is not to every one the same; to the woman of the town with whom he is conversing, He is the Providence that helps her to pay her way.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

In and out, to and fro; the social leader, the shop-girl, the maid, the woman of the town, the actress, the thin old spinster and the fat matron, here might they be found.

From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold

But knowledge is man's realm alone, you hold; And I who am your equal am cast down Level with those who sell themselves for gold— A crownless queen—a woman of the town!

From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller

Antyande, a Mpongwe woman of the town of Libreville, Gabun, is a leader of a company of ten or a dozen women in a certain native dance called “ivanga,” which is performed only by women.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill