levant

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.

Adjective

Origin

  • 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.
  • From French levant.

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