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Fly-by-night

noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    ephemeral wordnet
  2. 2
    (of businesses and businessmen) untrustworthy or undependable wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.
  2. 2
    a debtor who flees to avoid paying wordnet
  3. 3
    One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. attributive, often

    "Do not give your credit card number to that fly-by-night operation."

  4. 4
    A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience. derogatory, idiomatic

    "The automobile industry rose almost overnight. Orders poured into the offices of companies already organized; new companies were formed by dozens, capitalized at millions of dollars. Fly-by-night concerns sprang up like mushrooms, flooded the country with stock-selling schemes, established factories where parts of motor cars, bought elsewhere, were assembled."

  5. 5
    A traveling businessman or tradesman. derogatory, idiomatic

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