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MOONSHINE
moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor
(noun) whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
moonlight, moonshine, Moon
(noun) the light of the Moon; “moonlight is the smuggler’s enemy”; “the Moon was bright enough to read by”
moonshine
(verb) distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
moonshine (countable and uncountable, plural moonshines)
(literally) The light of the moon; moonlight.
(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
(colloquial) Nonsense.
(mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
(US, culinary) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
(obsolete) A month.
Synonyms
• (moonlight): moonbeam
• (illegal liquor): bathtub gin, bootleg, corn liquor, hooch, mountain dew, white lightning, coon-dick, coondick
Source: Wiktionary
Moon"shine`, n.
1. The light of the moon.
2. Hence, show without substance or reality.
3. A month. [R.] Shak.
4. A preparation of eggs for food. [Obs.]
Moon"shine`, a.
Definition: Moonlight. [R.] Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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