moonshine

[ moon-shahyn ]
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noun
  1. Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.

  2. empty or foolish talk, ideas, etc.; nonsense.

  1. the light of the moon; moonlight.

Origin of moonshine

1
1375–1425; late Middle English: moonlight. See moon, shine1,

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British Dictionary definitions for moonshine

moonshine

/ (ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn) /


noun
  1. another word for moonlight (def. 1)

  2. US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit

  1. foolish talk or thought

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