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gadabout
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Gadabout was an unusual American automobile manufactured in Newark, New Jersey from 1913 until 1915. A four-cylinder cyclecar , it had a body woven from so-called "waterproof reeds "; Wise describes it as "looking like a mobile wastepaper basket".
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gadabout \Gad"a*bout`\, n. A gadder [Colloq.]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
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?