on the town

on the town
   1. engaged in a carouse
   Literally, on a rare visit to a city's theatres etc. without much thought of expense, and used of both sexes without any implication of the debauchery imported by on the tiles.
   2. obsolete working as a prostitute
   Where she sought trade:
    She had been on the town for fifteen years. (Mayhew, 1862)

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