Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

man-about-town

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.11 in modern English

Syllables: man-about--town
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of man about town (“a worldly, social man”).

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

men-about-town (plural)

Synonyms

playboy corinthian

Questions

What does man-about-town mean?: Alternative form of man about town (“a worldly, social man”).

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