fly-by-night (n.)

  1. a debtor who flees to avoid paying

    fly-by-night (adj.)

  1. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; a shady operation

    [ Syn: shady ]

  2. ephemeral; the symphony is no fly-by-night venture'

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