levant.
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
Meaning & usage
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
Where this word comes from
Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea. Ultimately from Latin levō + -ant.
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
Where this word comes from
Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea. Ultimately from Latin levō + -ant.
Rising, of an animal.
Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
Eastern.
Where this word comes from
From French levant.
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