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[ moon-shahyn ] / ˈmunˌʃaɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR moonshine ON THESAURUS.COM
nounInformal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S. empty or foolish talk, ideas, etc.; nonsense. the light of the moon; moonlight. Origin of moonshine1375–1425; late Middle English: moonlight. See moon, shine1, Words nearby moonshinemoonscape, moonseed, moonset, moonshee, moon shell, moonshine, moonshiner, moonshot, moonstone, moonstruck, moonwalk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for moonshineHe wrote a few more paperback originals, two of them westerns, then sold The Moonshine War to Doubleday in hardcover. Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune|Mike Lupica|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Gambling, girls; you could buy a pint of moonshine for a dime, store-bought whiskey for a quarter. Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis|Stanley Booth|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Daryl, insulted, smashes it to bits and finds her moonshine instead. The Walking Dead’s Killer Diva Emily Kinney on Daryl and ‘Expired Love’|Melissa Leon|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST I will not even say it is all moonshine, for it is something better. The Trees of Pride|G.K. Chesterton
But there is the moonshine still, serene, beneficent, and unchanged. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters|Henry David Thoreau At last the ruined towers of Bellinzona stood gleaming in the moonshine, and we rattled into the great post-yard. Italian Hours|Henry James It is a necktie with a picture like whiteface pony spots on a green frog swimming in the moonshine. Rootabaga Stories|Carl Sandburg The money you think to make may turn out all moonshine, you know. Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for moonshine
nounanother word for moonlight (def. 1) US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit foolish talk or thought Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to moonshinebootleg, firewater, hooch, rotgut, bathtub gin, mountain dew, white lightning, home brew |