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Gadabout Zelda Gad Uh Bout Noun Roams Search Amusement Gad

Front gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\
Back noun
One who roams around in search of amusement.

[From gad (to go around from one place to another aimlessly). Earliest documented use: 1817.]

"The film charted Zelda Kaplan's transformation from homemaker to social gadabout flitting from party to party." - Ruth La Ferla; Zelda Kaplan; The New York Times; Feb 18, 2012.

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