moonshiner
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈmuːnˌʃaɪnər/
- NSFW
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contrabandista de licor
- In 1917, despite their losses in confrontations with the smugglers, the company's security force succeeded in capturing sixty-three moonshiners and in 1918, seventy-three.
Examples
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The old moonshiner stared at the capsule, puzzlement wrinkling his face like ripples on a pond.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now why would an old moonshiner like J.D. Hogg lock up Uncle Jesse?
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Now let this be a warning to all you moonshiners out there.
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First off, I don't want any car, truck, or driver that even looks like a moonshiner to move on our roads.
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Are you a moonshiner, Smitty?
Blog text (24) -
You don't hurt a fellow moonshiner.
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Elmo had been Kallikak County's biggest moonshiner for the past forty-seven years.
Fiction book (2001) -
At the same time, the story romanticizes the moonshiner's adventurous life and the deep solidarities and friendships that the dangerous profession forged among men.
Academic text (1996) -
Coggins was a close friend of one of Cherokee County's moonshiners, John Ripley Moore, who had a grandson named after Gus and who fled from law enforcement to Oklahoma in 1911.
Academic text (2013) -
The authorities arrested a notorious moonshiner who was operating a secret distillery in the woods.
Synonyms
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8.6
A person who makes and sells alcohol illegally, often during Prohibition
A person who secretly makes illegal alcohol
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Etymology
Moonshiner comes from moonshine, which joins moon and shine ('light') because people often made the drink by moonlight to hide. So a moonshiner is someone who makes or sells illegal alcohol in secret.