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Synonyms for moonshine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : moon-shahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmunˌʃaɪn

Définition of moonshine

Origin :
  • c.1500, "moonlight," from moon (n.) + shine (n.). In figurative use, implying "appearance without substance," from late 15c.; perhaps connected in that sense with notion of "moonshine in water" (cf. moonraker). Meaning "illicit liquor" is attested from 1785 (earliest reference is to that smuggled on the coasts of Kent and Sussex); moonlight also occasionally was used in this sense early 19c. As a verb from 1883. Related: Moonshiner (1860).
  • noun illegally distilled alcohol
Example sentences :
  • Seaward from palace-haunts, in the moonshine glistened and darkened.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • And the bridges are not of iron and concrete, but of rainbows and––moonshine!
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The high road, whitened by the moonshine, stretched far into the distance.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • It means just moonshine and mush and lookin' into each other's eyes, that's about all.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • I don't suppose they have been able to check the making of moonshine—that is, not to any extent?
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • Thar war a trial, an' they proved ez he'd been consarned in makin' moonshine.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • For under the teachings of experience I have sown not starlight and moonshine, but seeds.
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
  • Brougham, speaking of the salary attached to a new judgeship, said it was all moonshine.
  • Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon
  • I know that Robert will think them moonshine; nay, more, that they will give him pain.'
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • It was born out of moonshine, her urging, and the hunger of his heart.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

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