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Fly-by-night   /flaɪ-baɪ-naɪt/   Listen
Fly-by-night

noun
1.
A debtor who flees to avoid paying.





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"Fly-by-night" Quotes from Famous Books



... for a second time. "Well," she said, "well. Your Mrs. Fly-by-Night,—oh it doesn't matter!—whatever she calls herself, must look after herself. I can't do anything for her. I'm not supposed even to know about her. I daresay she'll find her consolations. I suppose you want to go out of London and get away from it all. I can help you ...
— The Research Magnificent • H. G. Wells
... not yet fallen, and he took the path across the fields. There was no moon, no stars, no wind; the cattle were noiseless under the trees; there were no owls calling, no night-jars churring, the fly-by-night chafers were not abroad. The stream alone was alive in the quiet darkness. And as Miltoun followed the wispy line of grey path cleaving the dim glamour of daisies and buttercups, there came to him the feeling that he was in the presence, not of sleep, but of eternal waiting. The sound of his ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy


Words linked to "Fly-by-night" :   debitor, temporary, untrusty, untrustworthy, shady, debtor, impermanent


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