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fly-by-night in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a debtor who flees to avoid paying
fly-by-night
adjective- ephemeral
"the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
fly-by-night
- (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
"a shady operation"
fly-by-night shady
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University
fly-by-night in English Wiktionary
- (noun) A creatures which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.
- (noun) One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. (often used attributively).
- (noun) (idiom/derogatory) Businesses that appear and disappear rapidly, or that give an impression of transience.
- (noun) (idiom/derogatory) Traveling businessmen and tradesmen.
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