Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Illuminated by moonlight.
- Visionary; unreal; fictitious; nonsensical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Moonlight.
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- adjective obsolete
moonlit ; lit bymoonlight
Etymologies
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Examples
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‘I don’t want to say anything offensive, but that sort of thing may be very well for crypts and cloisters and all sorts of moonshiny places.
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‘I don’t want to say anything offensive, but that sort of thing may be very well for crypts and cloisters and all sorts of moonshiny places.
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As I walked between Bolton and Bury it was on a moonshiny night,
The Bury New Loom 1997
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The work on this acre was done on moonshiny nights and holidays.
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Walpurgis gathering of birds and beasts of prey, -- foxes, and owls, and crows, and eagles, that come from all the country round on moonshiny nights to crunch the clams and muscles, and pick out the eyes of dead fishes that the storm has thrown on Chelsea Beach?
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During bright moonshiny nights the Grosbeak sings sweetly, but not loudly.
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Dese parties wuz always give on moonshiny nights and wuz liked by everybody.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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"This is mighty sightly," said Creed, looking about him musingly; "I do love a moonshiny night."
Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan
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He allus picked bright moonshiny nights for dem big cotton pickin's, and dere warn't nothin 'short 'bout de big eats dat was waitin' for dem
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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On bright moonshiny nights, I would cut wood, fix fences, and sich lak for 'em.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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