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Answer for the clue "Restless one ", 8 letters:
gadabout

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Word definitions for gadabout in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who gads or walks idly about, especially from motives of curiosity or gossip" [Century Dictionary], 1830; see gad (v.) + about (adv.). As an adjective from 1817. Verbal phrase gadder about is attested from 1560s.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Gadabout was a car invented by Ray Russell in the mid 1940s, with an aluminum alloy body on a MG frame. It was featured in many World War Two publications as a model post-war car, with proposed specifications listed as: The two-cycle, air-cooled engine ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gadabout \Gad"a*bout`\, n. A gadder [Colloq.]

Usage examples of gadabout.

A nice thing it would be if people was to take you for a rackety gadabout!

Lady Saltash, hugely tickled by the whole situation, said affably that he might call at any hour which suited him, only they were such gadabouts, she and Miss Wantage, that she could not promise that they would be at home.

Milward chuckled to himself, who knew those two scruffy gadabouts would have turned out to be the best thing for her?