vekselrytter
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| 3 +1 | kiter |
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| 1 | kite-flyer |
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5 mins confidence: 
kite-flyer Explanation: Not sure what they mean in this context, but this is the dictionary definition. |
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9 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1kiter Explanation: Diarmuid is certainly on to something here, see Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fly kites, and Merriam-Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kiter, and, finally The Phrase Finder (indirectly) http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1669.htm... kite, (verb) 1a. commercial. to sustain one's credit by means of an accommodation paper; (also) to write or pass (a fraudulent or temporarily unsupported check), or sell (bogus securities); (hence) Und. to fraudulently raise the amount of (a check)... From Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, H-O by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994. [NOTE: typo by Phrase Finder, proper reference is Volume 2, H-O] However, the more common usage of this expression - at least nowadays - appears to be (check) kiter as substantiated by the two examples below. Now, Olav, whether the latter might also be an appropriate term within the specific context of your text is, naturally, for you to decide. Either way, this last reference will lead you to the proper definition of the original Danish expression, vekselrytter via rytterveksel http://ordnet.dk/ods/opslag?opslag=rytterveksel&submit=S�g Good luck! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2010-10-25 19:54:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ooops, I am very sorry for messing up the first three links above! Here are the correct ones: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fly kites http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kiter http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1669.htm... Hopefully, these work! :) Reference: http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/979/979.F2d.1579.92-... Reference: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752813,00.h... |
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