moonlight flit

noun
/ˌmuːnlaɪt ˈflɪt/UK/ˌmunˌlaɪt ˈflɪt/US

Etymology

From moonlight + flit.

  1. derived from *plewd- — “to flow; run
  2. derived from *flutjaną
  3. derived from flytja
  4. inherited from flitten
  5. compounded as moonlight flit — “moonlight + flit

Definitions

  1. An act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the…

    An act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night.

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