moonshine
Informal. 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.
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How to use moonshine in a sentence
Anyone saying we can exploit atomic energy “is talking moonshine,” Rutherford declared.
Here are the Top 10 times scientific imagination failed | Tom Siegfried | March 31, 2022 | Science NewsDrink moonshine in the morning with this boozy butter pecan coffee creamer Because I, like many Americans, am reliant on a jolt of caffeine to make mornings possible, I’m always on the hunt for new and creative ways to jazz up a boring cup of joe.
The Best Boozy Coffee Creamer Is Appalachian Sippin’ Cream | Amy McCarthy | February 28, 2022 | EaterAppalachian Sippin’ Cream isn’t directly affiliated with the Moonshiners crew, or its namesake region’s long and storied moonshine history, but it’s now a tradition in this house.
The Best Boozy Coffee Creamer Is Appalachian Sippin’ Cream | Amy McCarthy | February 28, 2022 | EaterIn the background, the customer — who is coming into Minus moonshine for the first time — says to Storms, “I’m so happy you’re here!”
He 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 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEASTDaryl, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTTo prep for his role as a gun-slinging bootlegger in the film, LaBeouf packed on 40 pounds and guzzled moonshine.
Shia LaBeouf’s New Chapter: ‘Lawless,’ Dropping Acid, Unsimulated Sex | Marlow Stern | August 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn April, Grasse unveiled Spodee, a wine fortified with high proof moonshine that tastes strongly, and surprisingly, of chocolate.
Art in the Age: Ex-Ad Man Steven Grasse’s Wonderfully Weird Spirits | Jace Lacob | August 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis difficulty of making a tight and safe boiler, that puzzled Watt, was moonshine to Trevithick.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickSo home by moonshine, and by the way was overtaken by the Comptroller's coach, and so home to his house with him.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysSo leaving them in the same discontent I went away home, it being a brave moonshine, and to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysSo my wife walking and singing upon the leads till very late, it being pleasant and moonshine, and so to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThe sky looks ever so deep when you lay down on your back in the moonshine; I never knowed it before.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for moonshine
/ (ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn) /
another word for moonlight (def. 1)
US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit
foolish talk or thought
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