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moon·shine

 (mo͞on′shīn′)
n.
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)
n
(Brewing) US and Canadian the practice of illegally making or smuggling distilled spirits
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