"fly-by-night" meaning in All languages combined

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      "glosses": [
        "A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Do not give your credit card number to that fly-by-night operation.",
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      "glosses": [
        "One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc."
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        "(often attributive) One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc."
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Rose Wilder Lane, chapter 22, in Henry Ford’s Own Story",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 January 24, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address",
          "text": "Second, it will ensure that when fly-by-night providers go bankrupt, Medicare is at the top of the list of debts to be repaid. And finally, it will bring down costs by allowing Medicare to purchase goods and services at a competitive price.",
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        "A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience."
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          "rapidly",
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          "untrustworthy",
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        "(idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience."
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        "A traveling businessman or tradesman."
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          "tradesman",
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        "(idiomatic, derogatory) A traveling businessman or tradesman."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        "A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler."
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        "One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience."
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        "idiomatic"
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        "(idiomatic, derogatory) A traveling businessman or tradesman."
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