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mountain dew

American  

noun

  1. illegally distilled corn liquor; moonshine.


Etymology

Origin of mountain dew

First recorded in 1810–20

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What kind of monsters try to feed doritos flavored mountain dew to human beings?

From BusinessWeek Nov. 13, 2014

Then the horses were looked after, and each retired, with his blanket rolled around him to keep off the mountain dew, which was already showing itself.

From Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck by Bonehill, Ralph

His life was nursed in beauty, like the stream Born of clear showers and the mountain dew, Close under snow-clad summits where they gleam Forever pure against heaven's orient blue.

From Poems by Seeger, Alan

They must stop and have a glass of mountain dew.

From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Here the moon by night is distilling and vatting mountain dew from which all wild creatures may drink deep without fear of deleterious effects.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop

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