fly-by-nightn.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪbʌɪnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪbaɪˌnaɪt/

Etymology: < the verbal phrase.

1. One who flies by night; one addicted to nocturnal excursions (see also quot. 1796. Also slang, one who defrauds his landlord or creditors by decamping in the night.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > addicted to nocturnal excursions

fly-by-night1796

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun]

walkyrieOE

witchOE

hagc1230

strya1300

wise woman1382

sorceressc1384

luller14..

tylyester14..

chantressc1425

magicienne1490

gyre-carline1535

witch-womana1538

eye-biter1584

beldama1586

witch-wife1591

cunning woman1594

saga?a1600

magha1609

magicianess1651

hag-witcha1658

haggard1658

besom-rider1664

wizardess1789

fly-by-night1796

lucky1827

bruja1829

weird-woman1845

hex1856

Baba Yaga1857

pishogue1906

witcher1928

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > dishonest person

shondc725

makeshift1554

roundabout1605

fraudsman1613

trickster1711

bug1785

fly-by-night1796

twister1834

rigger1859

shyster1877

crook1879

heel1914

wide boy1937

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding > one who

abscondent1685

absconder1702

levanter1781

fly-by-night1796

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth) > that flies at night

night-flyer1722

fly-by-night1894

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > dishonest

manOE

unjustc1400

bribing1530

unhonest1545

makeshift1592

sinistrous1600

horse-fair1606

under-honest1609

dishonest1611

one-eyed1833

shystering1860

cross1882

crook1911

bent1914

fly-by-night1914

crookish1927

shyster1943

shonky1970

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding > at night

fly-by-night1914

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch.

1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian iii. 42 Would you have had her married to a wild fly-by-night, that accident made an earl and nature a deer-stealer?

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Fly-by-night, runaways who leave empty houses.

1894 Daily News 23 Oct. 4/7 The majority of the race [of moths] are fly-by-nights.

1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store 72 Blowed ef 't wa'n't downright horrid the works them two ole fly-by-nights was into them days!

1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. v. 151 When the next full moon invites New bugaboos and fly-by-nights.

attributive.1817 Combe's Devil upon Two Sticks (ed. 5) VI. xxiv. 73 ‘The Fly by Night Club’, whose symbol is an owl.1914 J. London Let. 25 June (1966) 425 I have no patience with fly-by-night philosophers such as Bergson.1938 ‘N. Shute’ Ruined City i. 5 We've come to you rather than to one of them fly-by-night financial houses because we're prudent business folk.1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vi. 96 This is no fly-by-night proposition.1971 Guardian 12 July 7/3 It is not all heart in the mini-cab world. Far too many are fly-by-night hustlers.

a. = fly n.² 3b.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired carriage

remise1698

job coach1748

voiturin1768

slap-bang coach1797

fly1818

fly-by-night1818

fly-coach1818

job1819

fly-wagon1826

horse-fly1826

1818 Sporting Mag. 2 6 A species of carriage, which in Gloucestershire, goes by the name of ‘Fly-by-Night’.

b. Nautical. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fly-by-night, a sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fly-by-night
释义	fly-by-nightn. Brit. /ˈflʌɪbʌɪnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈflaɪbaɪˌnaɪt/ Etymology: < the verbal phrase. 1. One who flies by night; one addicted to nocturnal excursions (see also quot. 1796. Also slang, one who defrauds his landlord or creditors by decamping in the night. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > addicted to nocturnal excursions fly-by-night1796 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] walkyrieOE witchOE hagc1230 strya1300 wise woman1382 sorceressc1384 luller14.. tylyester14.. chantressc1425 magicienne1490 gyre-carline1535 witch-womana1538 eye-biter1584 beldama1586 witch-wife1591 cunning woman1594 saga?a1600 magha1609 magicianess1651 hag-witcha1658 haggard1658 besom-rider1664 wizardess1789 fly-by-night1796 lucky1827 bruja1829 weird-woman1845 hex1856 Baba Yaga1857 pishogue1906 witcher1928 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > dishonest person shondc725 makeshift1554 roundabout1605 fraudsman1613 trickster1711 bug1785 fly-by-night1796 twister1834 rigger1859 shyster1877 crook1879 heel1914 wide boy1937 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding > one who abscondent1685 absconder1702 levanter1781 fly-by-night1796 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth) > that flies at night night-flyer1722 fly-by-night1894 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > dishonest manOE unjustc1400 bribing1530 unhonest1545 makeshift1592 sinistrous1600 horse-fair1606 under-honest1609 dishonest1611 one-eyed1833 shystering1860 cross1882 crook1911 bent1914 fly-by-night1914 crookish1927 shyster1943 shonky1970 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding > at night fly-by-night1914 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian iii. 42 Would you have had her married to a wild fly-by-night, that accident made an earl and nature a deer-stealer? 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Fly-by-night, runaways who leave empty houses. 1894 Daily News 23 Oct. 4/7 The majority of the race [of moths] are fly-by-nights. 1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store 72 Blowed ef 't wa'n't downright horrid the works them two ole fly-by-nights was into them days! 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. v. 151 When the next full moon invites New bugaboos and fly-by-nights. attributive.1817 Combe's Devil upon Two Sticks (ed. 5) VI. xxiv. 73 ‘The Fly by Night Club’, whose symbol is an owl.1914 J. London Let. 25 June (1966) 425 I have no patience with fly-by-night philosophers such as Bergson.1938 ‘N. Shute’ Ruined City i. 5 We've come to you rather than to one of them fly-by-night financial houses because we're prudent business folk.1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vi. 96 This is no fly-by-night proposition.1971 Guardian 12 July 7/3 It is not all heart in the mini-cab world. Far too many are fly-by-night hustlers. 2. a. = fly n.² 3b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired carriage remise1698 job coach1748 voiturin1768 slap-bang coach1797 fly1818 fly-by-night1818 fly-coach1818 job1819 fly-wagon1826 horse-fly1826 1818 Sporting Mag. 2 6 A species of carriage, which in Gloucestershire, goes by the name of ‘Fly-by-Night’. b. Nautical. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fly-by-night, a sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind. 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