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Meanings of fly-by-night in English

(Of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous.

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Examples for "shady"
Examples for "shady"
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The shady places are often the areas where winter performers do best.
The Guardian
2
The monks buried him in a shady place in their cloister garden.
Legends of the Rhine
3
I tried both shady and sunny problems and immediately tested its worth.
Climbing Magazine
4
The million dollar question is whether Yandy's behavior was shady or smart?
Ebony
5
The two old maids drained their rectifying beverage in the shady porch.
The Mettle of the Pasture
Usage of fly-by-night in English
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The point is, this no longer looks like a fly-by-night hustle job.
Wired
2
Because out here so many fly-by-night things happen-andthere's all this hoopla.
The new yorker
3
I warmed to the room at once, I liked its fly-by-night look.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
4
And, God knows, Will had plenty of experience with fly-by-night ideas.
East of eden
5
But are these conscious nightclubs a nascent trend or just another fly-by-night fad?
The Guardian
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I, um, hired some fly-by-night private investigator to check out Clark.
Running scared
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Smaller, fly-by-night outfits and new companies connected with the Syrian government are more active.
Reuters
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Sean Oldfield, chief executive of Castle Trust, says: We are not a fly-by-night operation.
The Guardian
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Not on the fly-by-night stuff; I don't mean that.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
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Which does not suit Trump's fact-light, fly-by-night campaigning style.
Wired
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Describes the fly-by-night operations of these publishers, or "book kings."
The new yorker
12
Many new comers and fly-by-night builders do not charge this and show attractive rates for innocent buyers.
Reuters
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Lately my father had been particularly fly-by-night.
High on arrival
14
This could not be a fly-by-night operation.
Obama's wars
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DNA tests are barely regulated, and plenty of online labs are fly-by-night "Canadian" Web pharmacies.
Wired
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I made some mistakes, believing the fly-by-night builders would pay me on time...
Dead ever after
Fly-by-night through the time