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moon⋅shine

  [moon-shahyn]
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–noun
1. Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, esp. corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
2. empty or foolish talk, ideas, etc.; nonsense.
3. the light of the moon; moonlight.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME: moonlight. See moon, shine
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Copper Moonshine Stills
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moon·shine   (mōōn'shīn')   
n.  

  1. Moonlight.

  2. Informal Foolish talk or thought; nonsense.

  3. Illegally distilled whiskey. Also called regionally white lightning.

intr.v.   moon·shined, moon·shin·ing, moon·shines
To distill and sell liquor illegally.
moon'shin'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
moonshine

  1. n.
    nonsense; humbug. : That's just moonshine! I don't believe a word.
  2. n.
    homemade whiskey; any cheap or inferior liquor. : Moonshine is supposed to be strong, not good.
  3. in.
    to distill or traffic in illicit liquor. (See also moonshiner.) : You would be amazed at how much people moonshine back in the hills.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

moonshine 
"illicit liquor," 1785; used also since 1468 with a meaning "unreality," probably connected in that sense with notion of "moonshine in water" (cf. moonraker).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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