moonshining

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moon·shine

(mo͞on′shīn′)

1. Moonlight.

2. Informal Foolish talk or thought; nonsense.

3. Illegally distilled liquor, especially 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.

moonshining

(ˈmuːnʃaɪnɪŋ)

(Brewing) US and Canadian the practice of illegally making or smuggling distilled spirits

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