moonshine (ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn
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Definitions
noun
- another word for moonlight (sense 1)
- US Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit
- foolish talk or thought
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She led Autumn into an office at the rear of the diner and mixed two drinks from a bottle of moonshine.
, Roses are for the Rich (1985)Same with moonshine once you smell it, you know it the rest of your life.
Maxim (2004)But now smugglers have developed their own pipeline network for a more potent fuel to keep out the Baltic winter chill -- moonshine.
Mail and Guardian (2004)I chewed my way through the bitterness, then I was given a shot of akpeteshi, Ghana's palm-based moonshine.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)`Way back during Prohibition," said the old-timer, `we made some of the best moonshine likker in Kentucky!
, More of the World's Best Drinking Jokes (1993)