/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Fly-by-night (A)
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One who defrauds his creditors by decamping at night-time. (See Fly.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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