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white lightning

–noun Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
moonshine (def. 1).
Also called white mule.


Origin:
1910–15, Americanism

white mule

–noun Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
moonshine (def. 1).
Also called white lightning.


Origin:
1925–30, Americanism
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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.
white lightning  
n.   Chiefly Southern U.S.
See moonshine.
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