Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pursues a dangerous or illegal trade at night, as a smuggler; specifically, in the southern United States, an illicit distiller. Also called
moonlighter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cant, U.S. A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who makes or distributes
moonshine
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
Etymologies
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Examples
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Instead of that, the moonshiner was a living interrogation point, everything about him seeming to speak the question that fell from his lips.
Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905
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For various reasons—because they’d been intimidated by moonshiners, or because they resented the bigotry and belligerence of the KKK—these locals marginalized the moonshiner deliberately, insisting that their own company was nothing like that, that the moonshiner was a fringe element.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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For various reasons—because they’d been intimidated by moonshiners, or because they resented the bigotry and belligerence of the KKK—these locals marginalized the moonshiner deliberately, insisting that their own company was nothing like that, that the moonshiner was a fringe element.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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He was not a "moonshiner"; he was my old trout fisherman,
The Under Dog Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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BUCK CHEEVER, mountaineer and "moonshiner" in Charles Egbert
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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His popularity increased due to his being upfront and admitted that he learned to drive on the backroads as a "moonshiner".
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I am still inclined to believe the moonshiner is the girl in disguise. "
Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905
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Under that standard, any person or group who aims to kill local law enforcement (e.g., gang, drug dealer, moonshiner, eco-terrorist) is also waging war against the United States.
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Think also of the poignant Charity Royall, the daughter of a mountain moonshiner in the novella "Summer."
Why Juliet Could Never Be Plain Julie Claire Messud 2011
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This image evolved over the decades, and the moonshiner became fixed as a corncob-pipe-smoking craftsman filling stoneware jugs with a clear and tasty elixir while keeping an eye out for pesky revenuers.
Hipster Moonshine 2010
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