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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about town" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to mean "in the city" or "in the area". For example, "I heard about a new restaurant opening up about town."
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Aesthetically, I felt comfortable wearing Here in the office and out and about town — not self-conscious at all.
73.Amar'e Stoudemire, man about town.
Perfect for the man about town.
It's perfect for a night about town.
But beetling about town is a joy.
To accomplish this, they sent characters on walks about town.
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This was the talked-about town, the town they had smelled and heard, the town of the smoke.
This was no nippy, about-town baby shuttle.
Jean Pigozzi, the man-about-town, darted under military portraits.
My pal Gary Indiana calls me a recluse-about-town.
She dated the director and bachelor-about-town Brett Ratner.
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