Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who flies a kite. See
kite , n., 3. - noun One who attempts to raise money by the use of accommodation bills. See
kite , n., 5.
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Renewals would no longer be accepted, even for half or a quarter of the amount due; and the unfortunate "kite-flier" was, in hundreds of cases, ruined by the very men who had in the most unprincipled manner led him into the mire, and then left him.
Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. G. F. Davidson
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