Definition of moonshiner in English:
moonshiner
noun ˈmuːnʃʌɪnəˈmunˌʃaɪnər
informal An illicit distiller or smuggler of liquor.
Example sentencesExamples
- The road ends at Upper Killeyan, but it is worth walking the last mile to the coast, once the favourite haunt of smugglers and moonshiners.
- Later I discovered he had been a bootlegger and moonshiner during prohibition and had gone to live on the mountain to flee a gang who thought he owed them money.
- There is, of course, the town drunk, Otis, who acquires bootleg liquor from various moonshiners in that dry county on a regular basis and regularly celebrates the anniversary of his first drink.
- They relish telling stories about moonshiners, smugglers, and contraband runners who successfully fool and evade federal agents.
- During Prohibition, John remembered, ‘most moonshiners were respectable people.’
Definition of moonshiner in US English:
moonshiner
nounˈmo͞onˌSHīnərˈmunˌʃaɪnər
informal An illicit distiller or smuggler of liquor.
Example sentencesExamples
- The road ends at Upper Killeyan, but it is worth walking the last mile to the coast, once the favourite haunt of smugglers and moonshiners.
- They relish telling stories about moonshiners, smugglers, and contraband runners who successfully fool and evade federal agents.
- There is, of course, the town drunk, Otis, who acquires bootleg liquor from various moonshiners in that dry county on a regular basis and regularly celebrates the anniversary of his first drink.
- During Prohibition, John remembered, ‘most moonshiners were respectable people.’
- Later I discovered he had been a bootlegger and moonshiner during prohibition and had gone to live on the mountain to flee a gang who thought he owed them money.