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kite flying
noun
- commerce the practice of drawing cheques on deposits which are already committed, assuming that the delay in clearing the cheque will allow time to replenish the account Also calledkiting
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These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
Such mild diversions as kite-flying and archery he sometimes does indulge in, and, if so, shows no little proficiency.
In China, and to some extent in Holland, kite-flying is not the pastime only of boys, but of grave men.
A little more than fifty years ago the employees of a large manufactory beguiled their leisure hours by kite flying.
The people of Cho-sen seem to take as much interest in kite-flying as the Britisher does in racing.
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