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moonshiner|ˈmuːnʃaɪnə(r)|
[f. moonshine n. + -er1.]
a. A smuggler.
b. U.S. A distiller of ‘moonshine’ (moonshine 4).
1860A. Strickland Old Friends 31 The moonshiners had no cargo to defend. 1877N.Y. Even. Post 16 June, Nelson County, Kentucky, is the home of the Moonshiner; that is, the manufacturer of illicit whiskey. 1892Pall Mall G. 8 Mar. 7/3 A Knoxville (Tenn.) telegram..says:—A desperate fight has occurred between a party of ‘moonshiners’ and a sheriff's posse. 1927[see feudist 3]. 1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iv. 77 Some seven hundred people had to be moved, including quite a few moonshiners. 1973Guardian 12 Oct. 1/8 Senator Sam Ervin..has made a long-playing record of his homespun Southern philosophy. The record features stories about moonshiners. 1973Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Nov. 31/4 That same gallon, he says, costs the moonshiner only $2 to $3 to manufacture, and—if he isn't making it for his own use—he usually sells it for around $30.
So ˈmoonshining vbl. n., illicit distilling.
1883‘S. Bonner’ Dialect Tales 183 You can't stop moonshinin' 's long's there's an honest man in Old Hickory's State. 1895Chicago Advance 6 June 1285/3 A young man speaking at a temperance meeting while his brother is in the penitentiary for ‘moonshining’. 1946G. Wilson Fidelity Folks 54 He stoutly maintained that a regulated open saloon was to be preferred to the evils of moonshining and boot-legging. |