Usually means: Operates briefly, often deceivingly unreliable.
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  1. fly-by-nighter: Merriam-Webster
  2. fly-by-nighter: Dictionary.com
  3. fly-by-nighter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. fly-by-nighter: Wiktionary

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  1. fly-by-nighter: Legal dictionary

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  1. fly-by-nighter: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fly-by-nighter)

noun:  Synonym of fly-by-night (“one who appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy”)


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