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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of man about town (“a worldly, social man”)..
no date, David McDuff, translator, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment, 2003 Penguin Classics edition, →ISBN, page 61, The man-about-town began to follow her, but along the other side of the boulevard, keeping his eyes trained on her.
Use man-about-town when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Man-about-town means Alternative form of man about town (“a worldly, social man”)..
Common synonyms include corinthian, playboy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
no date, David McDuff, translator, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment, 2003 Penguin Classics edition, →ISBN, page 61, The man-about-town began to follow her, but along the other side of the boulevard, keeping his eyes trained on her.
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